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A new day

A new day

Situations beyond our control, words spoken that cannot be taken back, regrets, worries, unfulfilled dreams. People joke about going through "quarter-life" and "mid-life" crises, but for many people these really are sobering times when regret and fear can wreak havoc..

  • The heart  - this is of true matter

    This is of true worth. Nelson Cook who established Coaches of Influence (COIN) 35 years ago in Los Angeles USA writes a monthly letter to the many coaches at professional, college and high school levels and the current correspondence touches the spot.

  • Have you ever questioned God?

    Have you ever asked is God real? I watched with interest this interview Way FM had the courage to not only record but broadcast.

  • 5 things that will change your study experience

    As a new semester of university approaches, I’m once again met with the anticipation of what it could hold.

  • Polish Missionaries  -   an historic modelling

    A few months back Compass had its session on ABC Television on ‘Polish Missionaries’ who were serving in remote Papua New Guinea, the closest distant settlement being Madang.

  • Afraid to wake up

    Life is woefully and joyfully unpredictably predictable. Oscillating rhythm permeates our lives. We all live incredibly different lives, some more routine than others. We all go through different life events, different celebrations and challenges, yet we experience the same rhythms of grace. 

  • Be creative, be involved and more

    So, you’re a “creative ________”, whatever that may be… an artist of some media, be it light or sound, taste or word, perhaps numbers. Perhaps a combination thereof, many disciplines or something I haven’t heard even of.

  • Christians and harsh reality 

    Western economic policies serve big business and they react to the global market and this determines whether they do business in your backyard which in turn provides employment and retains established standards of living. We're all a witness to this with the car industry closing up in 2018.

  • What to do when your world crashes around you

    Like so many other people around the globe, my world was turned upside down when Covid-19 hit our shores. There was grief for the things that were cancelled and the opportunities that wouldn’t eventuate.

  • Air tasker prayer: deleting prayer from church

    Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, church services used to include a time of congregational prayer. No, not a 10 second prayer in between the songs but a solid 5 to 10 minutes of concentrated communal prayer.

  • Riots and Racism is a consequence of sin

    Obviously, the reports of racism and rioting are disturbing, yet not surprising. I say they are not surprising because the Bible clearly describes the consequences of sin, both in this life and in the afterlife.

  • Dear Dreamer

    “While he was trying to figure a way out, Joseph had a dream.”