The Gift Of Jesus

Bob and I have just spent the week having our three beautiful grandkids stay over while their Mum and Dad have some timeout and a wedding in Perth. As I write this, we’re one day to go and nearly done…physically and mentally! It’s been an amazing experience and...

Holiday Reflections on God’s Presence at Work

I thought I’d post excerpts of an article by Russell E. Gehrlein, which contains some reflections to help us consider how God’s purpose connects to our work as we continue to prepare our hearts to remember the birth of Jesus. First, Christmas is all about God sending...

Advent 2

As per my article last week, we are in a four-week Advent season leading up to Christmas, a period dedicated to reflective preparation for the coming of Christ to reconcile humanity and all of creation to Himself. However, Advent (which is derived from the Latin word,...

Advent

Today marks the first Sunday of Advent. It comes from an ancient Latin word adventus, which means coming. Advent – a four-week season leading up to Christmas – is an invitation to all of us to look back at God coming to us in Jesus to reconcile humanity and all of...

Cocoa Butter Hand Cream & Dixie Christian Blues

While writing this article I am listening to Christian Dixie Blues and have a tube of Cocoa Butter Hand Cream nearby on the desk. A weird combination…maybe?? It got me thinking though. What does hand cream do? It soothes and smooths dry skin. What does a chilled Blues...

Who struggles with self-criticism?

Since retirement with more time spent talking with men, I realise we don’t know how to stop being so hard on ourselves. Whatever we do just doesn’t seem good enough. For example, in the maintenance group Will and I can never be the carpenter Tom is, Tom and I will...