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Facebook Wars

Facebook Wars

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… no wait. That's not how this starts. Very recently, unfortunately within this galaxy, wars of a different nature have been brewing. Not potential wars involving Israel or North Korea. No, these are wars that are not fought with missile threats but instead with petty actions on social media. .

  • The real "Gay Issue"

    There are certain times in my life I wish I could twink out and re-write over the top of. It's funny how those cringe-worthy moments have a habit of haunting us.

  • Managing our temper is a process

    This is such an interesting topic, for as human beings, everyone of us has a temper. Someone has a bad temper, another perhaps a mild one. If we can manage our temper properly, a person with bad temper might even be nice and more gentle. On the other hand, a mild tempered person can become very nasty if that person does not control their temper.

  • The centre of my life

    The smallest of choices we make can have a significant impact in our lives. Everyday we make countless decisions about work, family and other issues. Sometimes we can get so caught up in our daily lives that we can so easily overlook or even omit one of the most important areas of our lives - our relationship with God.

  • Real hunger

    I'm lonely. Or stressed out. Or scared. Or lost. These are many of emotional scenarios that end up with the same conclusion: food.

  • The Small Group movement is both historical and crucial today in spite of our busy lives

    Recently, Australia's Reverend Dr Rowland Croucher the Pastor\'s Pastor of John Mark Ministries sent out a discussion paper on Small Groups, asking, What small groups look like?

  • New Zealand Passes Gay Marriage Law – The Battle of Rights

    New Zealand has recently legalised gay marriage, an action that sent waves of rejoicing and objection throughout the Asia-pacific region and the Western world. The implications for its neighbouring countries, particularly Australia and how it views the issue have been immense. Currently, our government does not support gay marriage, but there is a growing voice, not only in the gay and lesbian community, but in the Australian media and society generally in favour of the legal union of same-sex c

  • Fighting Abercrombie and Fitch?

    In case you hadn't noticed, we live in a discriminatory society. It's encased in our flesh, and pops out its head whenever we define ourselves against somebody or something else. However, we love the underdog, the lonely hero and the outcast winner. How many movies, stories and songs are written and performed in which the outsider wins?

  • Rowland Croucher reviews: Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith

    The Pastor\'s Pastor the Reverend Dr Rowland Croucher reviews here: Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith (Alister McGrath, Baker, 2012).

  • Perspective, please

    I am the queen of freak outs, the mind spinning, my life is over, freak out. I do that thing where I let my mind wander into the worst possible scenario and I start strategizing how I'll handle it. This is my way of controlling what will happen to me. I figure I can't control what flies my way, but how I handle it, that's on me. But as I say, when push comes to shove I freak out…

  • Downton Abbey and a trip through another age

    Horse-drawn carriages, glamorous costumes, the grandeur of the old buildings, a slower pace of life, an era we never lived in - these are some of the things that I find intriguing about the BBC series Downton Abbey.

  • At the end of the day

    There are different lenses and categories to consider things. There are different scopes to look at life. Part of sociology and our conflict is that we hold to all different forms of capital. We disagree with each other on what is valuable and what is worthwhile. This can be things that we own or things that we do or things that we are.