In Luke chapter 14, Jesus told a story about a man who prepared a great feast. Now this man sent out a heap of invitations, which we assume were accepted, but when the banquet was ready and the man sent a servant to fetch the guests, the invited...
As a kid, I used to hate dress up days. In fact, I remember in vivid detail one day when I was in Grade 2 and we were supposed to be having a dress up day at school, but we woke up in the morning to deep snow – which was highly unusual at our...
I’ll confess that I’m a total numbers nerd – I absolutely love digging in to analytical data to try and work out what it’s saying – so in lots of ways, having access to analytics data for my YouTube channel is both a...
One of the first things you do when you start a new group is to get everyone to introduce themselves – so about a month ago, when we kicked off two new online bible study groups for women, I asked everyone to take turns introducing themselves...
If you’ve been feeling like you’re under enemy attack, but you’re not sure why – this message is for you. I was watching one of those YouTube videos yesterday, where this guy was making all kinds of stuff out of Gallium. If...
Have you ever been faced with the loss of something you thought was important? When a relationship ends, particularly when it’s a long-term relationship – there are a lot of things to sort through. I’m not even talking about the...
A few days ago, I put up a Facebook post, because in Melbourne we had some new COVID – related rules to follow from the Government. In particular, there was a change on the requirement to wear masks indoors that had come into effect overnight...
Has anyone ever totally misjudged you and your motives? The bible, in the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, tells the story of a woman named Hannah. Hannah was married to a man named Elkanah, who was also married to another woman named Peninnah. Life...
You’re probably familiar with the movie Groundhog Day which, believe it or not, was released way back in 1993. In the movie, a guy called Phil – who is a weatherman played by Bill Murray, finds himself trapped in a day that repeats...