I recently ran into an old friend; we hadn’t seen each other for years. ‘Let’s catch up over a coffee’ she blurted to me enthusiastically. And I agreed wholeheartedly that that would be wonderful. And then we parted, going our separate ways. Did she intend to carry through on her ...

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. There’s an alarming phenomenon growing in Australia that is reaching pandemic proportions. More and more baby boomers are selling up ...

Philippians 2:3-4 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. “You would make a great school chaplain” a friend at church ...

Looking out from my kitchen I spotted a zebra. Grazing greedily on the grass, it looked as if wandering in my neighbor’s paddock was the most natural thing to do. In disbelief, I dropped a plate into the dirty dish-washing water and yelled out to my husband, “There’s a zebra ...

Psalm 90:12 so teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Moses’ prayer offered on behalf of every generation of God’s people presents somewhat of a conundrum. How can we ‘number our day’s when, as James says, we do not even know if we ...