Archive for March, 2007

Foundations for kids

March 15th, 2007

I am preparing another school lesson for my kids and I thought I would pass it on. Each lesson I prepare I try to pick a subject and pass on three things that will help them. This lesson is about setting a solid foundation to build a strong life on.
It is important when you are [...]

Spiritual help resource

March 14th, 2007

Billy Graham’s website has a resource I use quite often. It has a section called “Spiritual Help”. If someone asks me a question that I can’t aswer of the top of my head this is one of the places I go to do some research.
The site has lots of questions people submit and he places [...]

Road foundations and ministry

March 13th, 2007

The last week or so there have been road works on the way I drive to work. I always find it interesting how deep they have to dig down to provide a strong foundation for the road that goes on the top.
On this section they dug out four feet (120cm) of dirt. Laid a few [...]

Wheatbelt whistlestop tour

March 12th, 2007

Last weekend my wife, kids and I did a quick tour of the Western Australia Wheatbelt region. This was partly in response to my post the other day about “the theme of change” and we have had a “feeling” about some of the towns in the area for a while and wanted to finally check [...]

Barnyard Leadership

March 7th, 2007

Today I watched the animated movie “Barnyard” with my kids. There was a great line in it which spoke to me about leadership. It was said at a time when the lead character was having a crisis of confidence and was not sure if he was right man (cow) for the job.
One [...]

The theme of change

March 4th, 2007

For the last week or so I have feeling like a bit of a change. My wife and I have been talking about the different options we have and things we have always wanted to do.
One thing that I daydream about is selling up and moving to a country town. I would [...]

Elijah Day

March 1st, 2007

Have you ever had one of those days? You know those days where you just can’t get going no matter what you do. You are tired and your brain is just not in gear. I lasted until l.00pm at work and I had to go home.
Seeing I went to work in the first [...]