Category Archives: How faith and life relate

Actions speak louder than words.  There are many who have claimed to be Christians and yet willingly and knowingly live out a life that brings shame and disrepute to God and all of us.  While we cannot control what others do it is important for us to live in such a way as to modelContinue reading “Louder”

It seems only natural to protect, promote and provide for ourselves.  After all, who else is going to do these things for us?  Who else knows or cares what our desires, dreams and needs are?  There is nothing wrong with pursuing the best life possible except when that pursuit prevents others from the same privilege.Continue reading “Others first”

Easter is over for another year, well except for today’s public holiday if you don’t have to work it.  The eggs and bunnies that are left in the shops will be marked down and soon disappear.  The marketing will be gone and the double demerits points will revert to normal.  For those in Australia andContinue reading “Over and out”

Friendship and love usually develop between people who treat each other well,  have common interests and similar values.  If someone hurts me, on purpose or not, or if they don’t like they the same things I do there is not much that would excite either us about getting to know each more let alone persuingContinue reading “Unconditional”

A song released a few years ago by OneRepublic has a line that went “Everything that kills me makes me feel alive.” A pastor I listen to says “If you don’t enjoy sin then you are not doing it right” Both these statements point to the instant gratification of doing, using, saying or thinking stuffContinue reading “Soul sickness”

When it comes to assessing personal standards of goodness I have come across two extremes.  Some people say that they are basically good and should deserve to go to heaven while others acknowledge that if they walk into a church it would collapse around them as a sign of judgement on their life choices.  SelfContinue reading “Personal goodness”

The supernatural world both facinates and scares people from all different walks of life. Whether it be ghosts or angels or demons or God the other world is a mystery which some people explore while others ignore.  For too long the church ignored and even denied the supernatural or spiritual aspect of life and replacedContinue reading “Supernatural”

Our natural way of seeing life is that it is all about us. We are on this earth for a short time so best we make the most of it. We want to be comfortable, healthy, secure and if possible wealthy.  We do all we can to get the best deal, to get the bestContinue reading “It’s my life”

Even those who don’t believe in God have a preconceived idea about the God they don’t believe in. Perhaps a reason they don’t believe is because the God they thought they believed in didn’t do what they thought he should have done. Usually the declaration goes “If God is love why doesn’t he….?” or “IfContinue reading “Expectations”

I am all for respecting people regardless of their views, beliefs, opinions, religious convictons and ideologies. I don’t think we achieve anything by alienating, aggrevating or belittling people for having different ideas about life – except when other’s are hurt by them.  We live in a world full of different political, social and religious diversityContinue reading “Only one”