Pain, the gift nobody wants.

We are all aware of the terrible disease of leprosy. Famously we hear stories of people fingers and toes falling off because of the disease. Interestingly you may think the disease caused this. Well that is only partly true. The disease actually deadens pain receptors so that the person themselves gets injured in some way […]

5 modern (but very ancient) practices to reduce anxiety

A very popular word at the present time is ‘mindfulness’ or another one is ‘Cognitive Behavioural Therapy’ (CBT). Can I say, these things are not new! Romans 12 tells us to, “renew our minds…” and meditation, is an ancient practice in the scripture (Josh 1:8). So, here are 5 tips to reduce anxiety using these […]

Have you been admonished lately?

We can all do with a piece of advice from a friend.

Kill Worry Dead

One of the great impacting quotes for me personally that I often ponder is by Tim Keller “Worry isn’t caused by thinking too much, it is caused by not thinking enough.” What he means is we think that we can avoid worry by just ‘clearing our mind’ or ‘not thinking negative thoughts’. Instead the way […]

Conspiracy theories and struggling faith: The other symptoms of CV?

Maybe isolation has been good for your faith. Here is a reason why.

5 Tips for surviving a financial crisis

We had an interesting experience with our girls watching the online interview last week on finances in a financial crisis. Now I get it, they are young, but our two older girls were wide eyed and a bit overwhelmed at some of the advice being given. Invest this percentage, budget this much, save for the […]

Coronavirus: 5 ‘better’ ways for a Christian to respond.

So should we run in fear and panic buy toilet paper and water and stock up for the coming viral apocalypse? I think not. In the famous scripture in 1 Timothy 1:17 we are reminded that we are not given a spirit of fear but a ‘sound mind’ and a ‘spirit of power’. Now here […]

Who’s to blame for the Aussie bush fires?

If one thing is clear from our Bush fire crisis it is that Australian’s love to point fingers and find blame. Is our Prime Minister to blame? Past politicians? The greenies? Or as I have heard a bit lately, is God to blame? Firstly can I just say I find it so sad how our […]

Getting the message through to the subconscious self

I shared recently that there are essentially two ‘yous’. The conscious mind and the subconscious self. Author Paul Scanlon refers to it as the Captain of the ship and the engine room controller (click here to see the message). My view is that we will then spend our life allowing our subconscious self line up […]

5 warning signs that you are thinking of leaving your church

Not much brings grief to the heart of a pastor more than watching somebody lose connection with God, church and sometimes faith altogether. Here are 5 warning signs that you are on a slippery slope. I’ll skip church today. Being part of a church community doesn’t earn you the love of God, but it is […]