For a couple of days I’ve been fascinated by these words in Hosea: “In that day,” declares the Lord,     “you will call me ‘my husband’;...

I’ve spent decades in secular education at all levels but there’s a verse in the Bible that arrested me this morning: We demolish...

About 40 years ago I met a man who had had terminal liver cancer. Actually, it was when he had been given a week to live that he decided...

We had noisy miners nesting in the lillipilli tree in our rear neighbour’s yard. The babies of the noisy miners cheep cheep cheep...

I had grown up in Newcastle where there were many collieries and I was fortunate enough to be able to often go deep into the earth and...

All my thoughts on healing I’m passing on to you. I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but it doesn’t hurt to hear this over and over...

“Canker” is the old English word for “cancer” It’s derived from the Greek Καρκίνος (Karkinos) and is actually how “cancer” was...

I’m in a quandary about Christmas presents for the grandies and have been told that for one, only choose cute and fluffy miniature...

Good morning, my dear friend. I was reading this morning about Israel being delivered “triumphantly and gloriously” (Ex .25:1) from the...

Recently I overheard 2 people discussing their nakshatra, or birth star, which is said to govern the realities, feelings and experiences...

Today 26.10.24 we held a memorial for Kenneth David Chant, a man who devoted his long life to living for God. I thought his last words in...

Last Saturday I watched my electorate vote. They have invariably voted one way since 1973 (with one exception) but following an...

12 But the godly will flourish like palm trees     and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. 13  For they are transplanted to the...

15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance. 16 In Your name they rejoice...

I’ve always been fascinated by linguistics and midlife I did quite a bit of research in linguistics. So, I was amused by a little...

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now...

Paul McCartney famously said that if slaughterhouses had glass walls no one would eat meat. Images of animals being killed are...

I’m in education. I’ve established schools from kindergarten to Year 12, vocational colleges, ELICOS institutions and higher education...

I've written before about our student who had been born a slave --- considered the property of his master, forced to work long hours with...

Jesus had left Jericho and was steadfastly walking up to Jerusalem and to the cross. In Mark 10;46-52 we have the story of a blind man...