The PASSION Blog

Every now and then as Christians we use the term Body of Christ. For those who are not sure what this means I thought I would share briefly what that means. The term Body of Christ is used in three main ways in the Bible.

The body of Christ refers to Christ’s actual physical body ie [...]

Sometimes as Christians we expect people to be at church every week. We reason that if they are not there each week and they do not go to all the meetings, then they must not really be committed to God.
What I have found though is that some people, including some Christians, really struggle with  a [...]

One of the great things I enjoy about homeschooling is when you are teaching one of your kids and they get something for the first time.
Sometimes in homeschooling you have times when the kids have just not picked up a concept or it hasn’t clicked. You try to explain it in a few different ways [...]

Recently there have been a couple of high profile Christian ministers who have fallen and come out and confessed to their wrongdoing. One was even on the national current affairs show Today Tonight last night.
Does this news surprise me? No not really. Does this news disappoint me? Yes. Does this news destroy my faith? No [...]

One of the things I try to do as a part of my daily prayer time is to give thanks to God for the good things in my life. I am so thankful for my family, my home, our life, my salvation and the work God has called me to.
One thing I am especially thankful [...]

A friend asked me what my favourite Bible was recently. This was a hard question as I have a number of Bibles that I use for different things and some of them have been bought at different parts of my journey of faith.
My first favourite Bible was a hard cover Good News Study Bible I [...]

Over the years I have had a number of people come to me when they are going through a difficult time. While I am not a trained counselor, there are certain things that I have found I can do just by being there and listening. It is interesting that how most people who have come [...]

My kids asked to do a science experiment this morning for homeschool. At first I thought we would look through the science book we have, but then I remembered something I read recently.
I was reading some comedy from the American stand up comedian Steve Wright. He is very dry in his delivery and has a [...]

Rodney Olsen had an interesting post today. He received an email from a reader of his blog that spoke about how Christians often get caught up in church activities and neglect their families. I found it an interesting subject so I felt I had to respond on Rodney’s blog. Here’s my 2 cents worth on [...]

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that all of our Australian gold medals so far have involved water? We have won gold medals in swimming, rowing, yachting and triathlon. All involve water in some way.
I guess it helps to be a water loving nation that is surrounded by ocean on all sides!
What [...]