May 29th, 2008
My wife, kids and I went for a walk this morning around our local area. On the journey we saw this beautiful tall tree. It was about 60 feet high and had huge branches with lots of leaves on it. It was very straight and tall. I stopped for a bit and admired it and [...]
May 20th, 2008
Sometimes I wonder if we have lost the art of listening, really listening. In our fast paced world where we jam so many things into our days, I wonder if we really stop and take the time to really listen to those around us.
Sometimes I think we can fall into the trap of cutting people [...]
May 19th, 2008
In my last entry I mentioned we are a homeschooling family. A regular reader emailed me asked about our experience. As homeschooling is not the norm in Australia, I thought I would share a few things we have experienced. I have tried to answer most of the questions we have been asked.
If you would [...]
May 14th, 2008
One of my favourite units I am doing at college this time around is “Creative Living”. It is a pre-requisite for all students at Tabor no matter what level you are studying at. The unit touches on who God is, who He says we are and how we live our lives in light of that. [...]
May 13th, 2008
Sometimes we can fall into the trap of thinking that we need to get our lives perfectly right before God will accept us. We think we need to repent to a certain level, straighten out all we have done wrong before we can have even have an “audience” with Him. The reality is that God [...]
May 5th, 2008
One of the things I feel I have been drawn to over the last 12-18 months is the idea of a house church. House churches are small congregations of people who meet each week in a house rather than a church building. Many of the same things that happen in a traditional church happen in [...]