Our kids are all driving now. No more lessons with Dad. No more lectures. No more repetition. In particular, no more reminders to check your mirrors. For me, mirrors are a big part of safe driving. … Read More
Why vision?
As a teenager, a huge poster of a tropical beach used to decorate my bedroom wall. It was one of those beach scenes that was almost too perfect to be true and had you saying to yourself, … Read More
The “V” word
I was chatting with a few ministry colleagues on one occasion about various pressures in ministry. One of them mentioned that for him, it was the expectation of some to be able to come up with a compelling … Read More
Good theology
It happened in a slum in India. A friend of mine was admiring the ingenuity that had turned an old truck trailer into a two-story apartment. As she studied this, she noticed a little girl who in … Read More
“Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Some years ago – just like Paul – I dreamt about a man from Macedonia calling out to me, “Come and help us”. Only, it wasn’t a random person, it was my friend Johnathan Macris. As I … Read More
Strangers to the night
Strangers to the night. Despite the warning of Revelation 22:19, there is a popular notion today among some strands of Christianity to dismiss – as no longer relevant – firstly, large parts of the Old … Read More
Clowns like us!
It started off harmlessly. In fact, you could say, we were just clowning around. Literally! But the day took an unexpected turn and before long, I was standing amidst uniformed guards in a Bangkok port. … Read More
You will surface Pt.5
Dragging myself from the surf on the Central New South Wales coast, I was surprised to see a panic-stricken woman running towards me. In broken English she pointed at her Uncle about twenty metres off shore … Read More
The other end of the highway
It took me by surprise but there I was, day dreaming about a road trip. We’d been living in the belly of a 6,000 tonne ship for some 18 months and I awoke that Saturday … Read More
The Missing Generation
What do we do when we discover a scandal: that implicates a huge percentage of the western population, that affects all layers of society and in which government at the very highest levels is complicit? What do we do when … Read More