Category archive: Blog
This Time Last Year
A year can take a very long time. But in another way it can be over before we know it. This time last year I became temporarily disabled by a broken ankle. One minute I was fine, the next I was looking at surgery and week upon week of crutches and a moon boot. It…
Even Though…
A young adult at our church recently lead us in a reflection from Habakkuk. It reads: “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the…
How To Help Children To Succeed
I was recently listening to a talk by Kara Powell. She works for the Fuller Youth Institute in the United States of America. They have been doing a significant amount of research to determine what impacts children to succeed in life. A child has many interactions with various people in their lives. They have educational…
Meaningful Communities
During high school I moved to four different schools in five years. Every move I made I found it harder to make connections. Year 11 was the worst year of my life. I was lonely, felt rejected and misunderstood. I heard one girl in my Australian history class was from a Christian family. Belinda was…
Running For Fun
A friend of mine recently did a fun run to raise money for a hospital. It was a 6 kilometre circuit that her been doing a bit of training for. But when it came to the day he still found the distance hard going. He persevered and completed the run, raising funds and awareness for…