How we connect with God
The following questions and statements are generally made by people who think that everyone should be like them. .
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My Letter to the Easter Bunny (a tale about chocolate)
I have never written a letter to the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause yes, but the Easter bunny, no. But if I was to write a letter to this bunny, who in my opinion steals the thunder from the main event of what Easter is really about, being Jesus, my letter would say something like this.
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Is your child playing you ?
As I was showering at the local pool one evening, I could hear a mother in the next booth trying to get her four year old \'Coby\' out of the shower. There were warnings and threats being told to the child repeatedly. Coby stood under the shower giving no response. He was silent. Mum used all kinds of techniques; Initially it was counting to 3. Then there was counting backwards from 3. Then there was counting to 3, but this time she was \'serious\'. While being \'serious\', she added in, not on
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Dinner with a pot dealer
Recently I was invited to dinner with a pot dealer. The evening changed my life. May my dinner with Keith Berg, a legal pot dealer in Canada impact your life as it has mine. Keith has been in the pot dealing business for 13 years, selling not drugs but cookware.
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Livingstone in living colour – Part 2
27 February 2012 this article was initiated on the life of David Livingstone from the biography `Livingstone` by Tim Jeal. In summary Livingstone was born in Scotland 1813, and had a strong desire to become a missionary. When 23 he entered Medical College in Glasgow with the intention to enter the mission field as a qualified doctor. His first mission appointment five years later was the London Missionary Society\'s \'Kuruman\' in northern South Africa
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Rest? Yeah! Right!
Have you seen how much needs to be done around here? I have guests here who need to eat, the house needs cleaning, the dishes need doing and the kids are running riot!"
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Christ's letters still relevant after 2000 years
As we exit another hot summer in Australia and prepare for the cooler breezes of autumn we can stop and reflect that just like the seasons we see each year, we too go through many seasons in our spiritual lives.
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Life on board Logos Hope
Can you imagine living with 400 people from over 50 countries in a big floating metal box, sailing around the world to bring knowledge, help and hope? This unique world exists on board the ship Logos Hope, my home for the next 2 years.
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Social Security and the state of welfare
Wherever we are, we are constantly being bombarded with information about the way things should be - this increasing amount of 'informational noise' does not always allow us time to stop and be thankful.
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Getting along with others - insights from Rowland Croucher the Pastor's Pastor
The Pastor\'s Pastor the Reverend Dr Rowland Croucher recently turned his attention to "Getting along with others". He initiates this with verses of Scripture:
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Tips for winning financially with common sense (for those with limited income)
Are finances a big topic of discussion within your marriage and family or something you think about regularly? Does the focus of these conversations and thoughts usually steer towards needing more money and changing spending habits? Or do you simply ignore this topic altogether because it scares you and you would prefer not to face reality?
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Duality & Reality
After University I spent some time working in operating theatres as a Theatre Orderly. On my first day I walked along the corridor wearing scrubs that felt foreign, rubber gloves and a face-mask. Before long I was taken into one of the theatres where the surgical team worked busily and swiftly across the room, setting up the necessary equipment, communicating essential information to each other with all the efficiency of professionals in their field. Amongst it all, the patient lay unconscious o