What next Lord?
Now that I only have about four weeks left of my studies for this year I feel like I am in that time where you say, “What next Lord?” It is that place where you are not sure what to do next and what is the right thing. It is that place where you pray [...]
Parliament and The Lord's Prayer
Many people might not know that both the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia and the Western Australian Parliaments both start each days sessions with the Lord’s prayer. This has been done since the inception of both Parliaments. In the news there have been some calls to phase this out of the Commonwealth Parliament by Senator Bob [...]
Living at peace with everyone
The Bible says in Romans 12:18 that we should do our best to live at peace with everyone. It says that as much as it depends on us we should try to do it. One thing I have found over the years is that sometimes people are just not going to like you or I. [...]
An empty house
My house is all quiet. This is because my wife and two girls have just headed off down Great Eastern Highway for a Perth trip. They will be gone for four days. They are off to see Grandma, Grandpa, Nanna, some other homeschool friends. They will also be doing a big shop up and going [...]
Selling up churches and ministers?
Recently I have done a couple of posts on looking at different ways of doing ministry and bi-vocational Pastors. Today I found an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald that touches on some of these areas. The article talks to the head of the Uniting Church in NSW. He says that they might be [...]
