God
A Photo Won’t Do
Pormpuraaw has two rivers. The Moonkan River to the north and to the south, the Chapman River. Beach stretches between the two mouths of the rivers and of course looks out to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Not far from the rivers are camping grounds with an amenities block and a sheltered barbecue area. The Chapman [...]
Parental love
Written several years ago while watching a family interact in a busy airport terminal. Parental love is firm. It rebukes and confronts in spite of personal discomfort. It rebukes again. Parental love is patient. It explains that which should be obvious. And then it explains again. Parental love is gracious. It forgives the failure that [...]
Apollos from Alexandria
One of the outstanding personalities of the New Testament is the preacher Apollos, who hailed from Alexandria. He is first mentioned in Acts 18:- Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; [...]
Mitre Eleven
Pormpuraaw has a rubbish dump. It’s a mighty grand one. You spot it just before you reach town. There are poles at certain intervals, at the entrance to the dump, ready for the fencing but the fencing is across the way, curled up in cylinder formations, looking like hot water systems standing and waiting for [...]
An Underwater Gospel
We have lived in Cairns now for almost 5 years. In that time I have dropped off many a visitor to the Cairns Marina for a day out ‘on the reef’. It was only a couple of months ago that I not only dropped off a mission team for such an excursion, but parked the [...]
When Daddy is Weak
On the weekend our family went out for dinner. We sat at an outside table at a restaurant somewhere in North QLD. At a table next to us was a family with two young boys, they couldn’t have been more than 3 and 4 years old. Things started out very pleasantly (as they usually do). [...]
God’s Love Demonstrated
Thanks to Facebook, I recently saw something I had not seen before in a wedding, from a couple I knew from uni. Both are musicians and in their wedding, the groom chose to sing to his bride as she approached. I showed this to teens at school and asked what they thought. Their reactions ranged [...]
Considering Creation
Our church is providing another creation science event, with speaker Dr George Matzko (Bob Jones University). The first topic was “Design in Nature,” which surveyed various ways in which the universe has been precisely planned. Throughout the presentation, it was fascinating to see the precision of God in the natural world, such as the solar [...]
The People God Chooses To Save
Susan Boyle was the 47-year old Scottish woman who applied to the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. When she presented herself, the judges and the crowd didn’t believe she could sing. She didn’t look like a singer. When she talked, she didn’t sound like a singer. Then she started singing. Susan Boyle was chosen as [...]
Is there Habib’s in Heaven?
I am writing this post from Sydney. On Tuesday we are off to Habib’s, a middle eastern charcoal chicken haven in Bankstown for dinner. Yes I will be jogging today and tomorrow morning as an ‘insurance policy’ for whatever I eat at Habib’s. So what is so good about this little restaurant? It is has [...]
Insights For Easter
This time of year is a great opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ death and resurrection. Here are some insights gleaned from John Stott’s The Cross Of Christ: “In the Christian theology of history, the death of Christ is the central point of history; here all the roads of the past converge; hence all the roads of [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 3
Things continue to progress in a positive way though it is getting harder to shed the kilo’s. It is impossible to go on a ‘crash diet’ for 5 months. I am learning how lasting change takes place and how to put in place strategies not to go backwards. For anyone who has struggled to lose [...]
