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"Can I have the cheesecake?"

"Can I have the cheesecake?"

"Which one would you like?" asked the gentle man, as I looked hesitantly through the glass window in the bakery, glancing over the wonderful array of assorted cakes and pastries before me..

  • Welcome to the house of God

    Every house has its own character, and it speaks something of the people who live there. We were having dinner with some friends a few weeks ago when one of them prayed and gave thanks that we were able to worship in the house of God together.

  • Israel

    I wonder aloud about what factors prove so stirring of many a Christian's soul about this ancient word, Israel.

  • Embracing the human God

    The human heart is always yearning for the invisible God to be made visible. We imagine that God will make more sense and his ways become easier to follow if God would only remove the veil of spiritual mystery and make himself known to our physical receptors.

  • How to be an overcomer

    Ever feel like you’re on the edge of losing it. Just too many things piling up. Too much uncertainty. Nothing solid to stand on.

  • 'Silence'

    As a defence, a weapon, a plea for mercy, a statement of ignominy, a cry of ignorance, a shout of defiance, a political comment, an expression of contempt, and much more besides  -  silence.

  • The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church

    The original sourceof the above sentiment is Tertullian (~155-~240 AD), who was an early African church father based out of Carthage.  He lived in the days of the Roman Empire and so was familiar with persecution and martyrdom. A martyr is someone who is killed because of their faith.

  • The Power of Agreement

    There are 43k+ Christian denominations today, and such an ongoing polarised state of the faith is a tragedy for the world. Agreement is that important.

  • From the heart comes beauty

    I’m no expert but I know that Autumn is the time to plant bulbs that will bloom in the Spring. Tulips, daffodils, freesias are just a few flowers that grow from bulbs and it really is amazing to think that such beauty and fragrance can emerge from such ugliness.

  • The unknown

    Not that long ago we celebrated our friend’s 40th birthday. We were expected home at a certain time, of course to relieve our baby-sitter from their baby-sitting duties. We had an hour and a half worth of travel and sadly we were just 22 minutes from arriving home when we were completely stopped on the highway. It became evident that an accident had occurred only moments ahead of us.

  • Two living Englishmen both dead: one dead Englishman vibrantly alive

    The two men are not physically dead but like those who are, these two Englishmen currently do not have a pulse.

  • The real reason we celebrate Australia Day

    His statue in Melbourne was covered in red paint but Captain James Cook has very little to do with us celebrating Australia Day on January 26.