Friends

Recently I visited a church in the rural town of Kingaroy. They were doing a sermon series on relationships and on that particular Sunday, it was about friendships. I took notes because I wanted to remember what the Pastor said. Qualities in friends to avoid:...

Unworthy, Yes; Worthless, No

In the final episode of her talk show in 2011, the influential Oprah Winfrey said to her audience that they see themselves as worthy. She repeated a phrase, mantra-like to them: ‘You are worthy’. If you are on any mindfulness, relationship counselling, self-care...

“Wager, then, without hesitation”

Another day, another report of a shooting in the US. This time it happened at a grocery store in a small town in Arkansas at around 11:40am on 21 June. It was at least the third mass shooting at a U.S. grocery store in the last three years. The gunman first opened...

Follow me…come and learn

Speaking of “going to the movies”, as we have the past few weeks, I saw the movie, The Way about seven years ago. It’s about an American father, Dr Thomas Avery (Charlie Sheen), who travels to France to recover the body of his estranged son, who died while travelling...

He Himself

A rule I have had for years: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. He is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have. DL Moody My morning routine recently blew up! A person living in Europe came on my work team of people mainly in North...