Category Archives: How faith and life relate

Whether you believe in God or not you probably know that to be blessed is a good thing.  Saying ‘bless you’ after a sneeze is still quite common and there wouldn’t be too many who would object to receiving a blessing if one should come their way.  In fact some people even declare they areContinue reading “Bless you”

How do you get what you really really want?  While many settle in for hard work to achieve their dreams some would prefer a magic genie to grant them three wishes and others hope for a multi million dollar win in the lottery.  Sometimes God can be expected to fulfil the role of that genie.Continue reading “What we want”

If you have ever been to some sort of unique natural formation and admired the beauty of it one of the questions that we ask ourselves is – how did it get like this?  It could be a deep and mighty canyon, a large lonely rock in the middle of the desert or the wonderContinue reading “How did it get this way?”

“I’m here for a good time not a long time” is something I have heard from quite a few people whose aim in life is to do whatever it takes to feel good.  It can seem attractive to live life without concern for our own life or others, to live life full throttle, living onContinue reading “If it feels good”

“I will make it up to you” is a pretty common response to someone we have let down, disappointed or hurt.  It can be said in a sincere attempt to express repentance for a lapse in judgement or it can simply be a way of trying to cover over a deliberate act or behaviour.  MakingContinue reading “Making up”

We can get so used to our life, job, and relationships that we can quite easily become complacent.  We work hard at getting to where we are and getting what we have but after a while we tend to become so used to these things that we fail to not only appreciate them but neglectContinue reading “Complacency “

In our Australian culture it is almost expected that to show affection or connection with someone means teasing them, being sarcastic, putting them down and making fun of them.  It is usually light hearted and with humorous intent but the problem is that it is difficult to tell the difference between being mean and beingContinue reading “Harmless?”

There wouldn’t be a lot of days where I can reflect and consider that I have had a significant win.  In fact on many days I have felt that I haven’t achieved what I needed to achieve, that I haven’t made a difference, that what I have done has been a waste of time andContinue reading “This is the day”

There is a huge amount of time, energy and money spent each day, particularly by women, in the world’s pursuit of beauty and the perfect body.  Skin care products, cosmetics, surgery, weight loss programs, fitness fads, Botox and slimming drinks are some of the things that are used and combined in the obsession to lookContinue reading “Real beauty”

Can you imagine running a sprinting race where there is no finishing line or a marathon without an end?  For some the idea of running at all is just not appealing but hopefully you get the idea.  Any sort of race needs a goal, a place to head towards and a line to cross.  TheContinue reading “Finishing”