My favourite Bibles
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 [...]
Pastoral care and counseling
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 [...]
Science experiment with a difference
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 [...]
Replacing family with church activities
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 [...]
Water and gold medals
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 [...]
