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Searching for security in an insecure world

Searching for security in an insecure world

Every friend I have is in desperate need of security. Some have found it, whilst others are still searching. Some may have had it at one point, but what they once thought was their rock suddenly shifted beneath their feet and they fell through. .

  • Cheesecake

    One time, about five years ago, I was strawberry picking on Australia\'s sunshine coast. I managed to convince my friend Graeme to come with me and to save on money; we were both living in a car that was parked at the Caboolture race course.

  • Wonder

    Sometimes, I am catapulted into a space that I thought I had left behind; a space that smells so musty it is oppressive. It is like the lingering scent of moisture, or the pale discolouration of a scar and it makes me feel out of control.

  • Hope for the young

    The subject of "hope" has been written of by several young writers in recent months and as I look at my situation and the nature of daily death (as is always) I too am considering this word "hope".

  • Faith

    Faith: The confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.

  • A dirty glory (Or how I failed at lifting weights)

    Do You Even Lift?

  • Nefarious: Merchant of Souls documentary. The reality of prostitution and sex trafficking

    Abducted, raped and beaten into submission, sex trafficked girls find themselves forced into a 'career' within an industry described as being the second largest criminal industry and the fastest growing in the world today.

  • In search of the Sacred

    In my first year of marriage my husband and I were romantic and we would often have dinner by candlelight. A lot of things caught fire that year; vegetables, bills, my hair and a Bible. I thought my slightly singed Bible was innocuous enough to take around, until someone, quite horrified, asked me, "Didn't you know the Bible is sacred?"

  • The secret of Hillsong Conference

    Hillsong conference, Australia's largest national conference, is in its 28th year, yet the goal has never changed. As Pastor Brian Houston of Hillsong church says, "the conference exists to champion the cause of the local church." After taking on the role of a delegate for this year's conference, I can say whole- heartedly that it does.

  • The lonely road of a Christian

    Recently, I have been thinking a lot about what it really means to be a Christian. As a Christian, I try to live a spiritual life filled with prayer, acts of service to my church, saying grace, thanking God for good things in my life, seeking Him when things are not so great, reading Christian books, listening to Christian music and studying theology with my husband.

  • The fault in the Fault in our Stars

    You have to be living under a rock to not know something about the film 'The Fault in our Stars' based on the best-selling book by John Green. The girls at my Youth Group kept banging on about it for weeks with the upcoming premiere, they have all read the book and were very keen to watch the film upon its release.

  • Who's the team to beat in the Rugby Championship?

    With so much sport on, I'm struggling to keep up with the Rugby that usually dominates Kiwi sports TV.