If you look at Egypt in Google maps (other online map services are available), you can easily see the course of the River Nile through the desert. You can’t see the water but what you can see the greenery of the life that grows alongside it. It’s the same in the outback, you can see…
Over the coming two weeks, we will be looking at the Season of Creation. This week we celebrate Outback Sunday while next week we celebrate River Sunday. I am especially delighted that Rev John Flaherty has been persuaded to bring us the message this week. John has significant experience of the Outback as he was…
A dangerous question to ask someone is “What don’t you like about Christians?” as you could be there a long time! But I’m willing to bet a top answer is that Christians are very judgmental (and yes, I suppose this is me being judgmental too). I can think of many examples where Christians judge others…
To some people, Christianity can just seem like a huge list of rules and regulations of things that you cannot do. It raises questions about how you can possibly live your life in modern times without breaking some or all of them. It brings charges of hypocrisy that Christians say one thing yet do another,…
“Try to see things my way” as Paul McCartney once sang. It’s a common enough statement, one we often make in our lives when making a point. As is natural, we tend to see things from our own perspective first. We will judge any situation on how it affects us personally or will decide who…
I am in the fortunate position of having dual citizenship of both Australia and the United Kingdom. It means that I can always support the winning Ashes side and it probably has some other benefits as well. I always feel a bit like Jason Bourne when I travel as I can decide which passport I…
These days, we are very aware of the importance of washing your hands as part of ensuring good hygiene. From the earliest days of the pandemic, it has been made clear that one of the most effective things we can do to prevent us from getting the virus is to make sure we wash our…
I’m sure there are many things you would like to accomplish but are struggling to do it. I for one, would love to be able to do “sweep picking” on the guitar (feel free to google it). Despite watching numerous tutorials on the internet, I am only too aware of my limitations and there just…
It’s really not that hard to see the amount of need around us. We live in an area with higher than average unemployment and deprivation and a higher than average number of broken families. When I speak to people about our situation, most say that something needs to be done about it. Even people who…
Most blenders have a small plastic insert in the lid. It doesn’t look very important, but it turns out, if you run the blender without making sure it is firmly in place, you find out just how important it is. It’s very important. Painful experience has taught me not to overlook the importance of something…