Final Preparations When it comes to a wedding it doesn’t matter how well you have made your preparations along the way, there is a lot of preparation in the last week before the wedding happens. In the final days there …

Introduction Are you good at waiting, or do you pace up and down? I used to pace up and down, but now I am much calmer. I spent too many years of my life with very little patience. Instant gratification …

1. Out of the mouth I don’t think I have a very strong Australian accent but a few years ago travelling around the UK it was obvious to everybody else. What I found interesting is that in the UK  even …

Fighting and conflict Wherever you have people coming together you expect there to be some kind of discord, whether it be the infighting of a political party or the politics of local football club or the school P&C. Wherever you …

“Lions on the loose”! “Several lions have broken free at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo!” That was the headline from a morning TV breakfast show in November last year. The police were called in to help just in case, although I wouldn’t …

1. Excuses, excuses How good are you at making excuses for yourselves? Making an excuse is often our first response to anything that might feel like a criticism. When someone points something out us to us like the washing up …

1. Favouritism Growing up my parent would always say that they had no favourites among their three children. Looking back, I believe that they really did try to work hard to make sure that we were all treated much the …

One of the beauties of the Bible is that it was indeed written by different authors. All inspired by God as we know from 2 Timothy 3. James writes differently to Paul, and this is helpful. The book of James …

1. Trials of many kinds Living in this world will bring trials of various kinds. Trials are those things that test our faith. Some of these trials are troubles that everybody experiences whether you are a believer or not. They …

1. Being eager Have you ever noticed how people are eager to tell you about those things that they truly believe in. It might be something as simple as having purchased the latest iPhone. For the first few week they …