Learning to follow Jesus in 21st Century Australia
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the heart of the Christian message being love: trusting God’s love for us in Jesus and loving others the way Jesus loved us. One way the Bible describes this love is 1 Corinthians 13. We talked about growing in our capacity to love others in 1 Corinthians... Continue Reading →
How well do you receive advice from others? Sometimes we can find it hard to receive advice. We might think that we know what we’re doing, or that we want to work out problems or challenges by ourselves. However, when we are facing a problem we’ve never confronted before, when the challenge seems too overwhelming,... Continue Reading →
Have you ever looked at a menu and found it hard to decide what to order because there were so many good choices? Sometimes we can go to a restaurant or café and something on the menu appeals to us, so we choose it straight away. At other times, however, there can be so many... Continue Reading →
I have two pot plants in my office. They are from each of the two groups of young people I’ve had the pleasure of leading through Confirmation in the time I’ve served the Greenock Parish. Each year we buy small plants from a nursery and re-pot them in one of our Confirmation sessions. I then... Continue Reading →
When people are expecting a child, they often plan for the baby to be born in a birthing suite at a hospital. These maternity wards are clean and sterile where every care is taken for the safe delivery of the child. Experienced medical professionals are present in case there is an emergency of some kind,... Continue Reading →
Most people like to place a mat at their front door for visitors to wipe their feet, so they don’t bring dirt or mud into their home. These doormats can have a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colours and materials to enhance the appearance of a home or reflect the personality of the people who... Continue Reading →
When we drive around the Barossa Valley it’s easy to tell when we leave one region and enter another. Every town has a sign to welcome people and then farewell us when we leave. We can tell when we move from one local council area to another because more signs let us know when we... Continue Reading →
Every week Australians spend millions of dollars on lottery tickets. Their hope is that they will pick the winning numbers and take home the first prize of many millions of dollars. Have you ever thought about what you would do if you won that amount of money? Would you pay off the mortgage, travel the... Continue Reading →
Next weekend, the second weekend in June, will be a long weekend for most Australians to celebrate the birthday of King Charles III. Whatever our thoughts might be about the monarchy, most of us will probably be happy about the public holiday as it gives us an extra day to relax and do something enjoyable... Continue Reading →
If you were driving in or out of Greenock along the Nuriootpa Road earlier this week you might have seen a sign next a pile of timber saying, “Free Wood.” They are demolishing a house and some of the wood from the house was on the side of the road to be taken away. What... Continue Reading →
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