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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Truth Shop

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I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the name of the shop: THE TRUTH SHOP. The salesgirl was very polite: What type of truth did I wish...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

They said it...

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“The Americans have need of a telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” - Sir William Preece, in 1876; Chief Engineer of ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A Small Beginning

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The journey to discovery of your strength and your beauty begins as a tiny seed nurtured through the droughts and the harsh winters struggli...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Another Way of Being

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Dear God, we pray for another way of being: another way of knowing. Across the difficult terrain of our existence we have attempted to build...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

A Hasidic Tale

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Late one evening a poor farmer on his way back from the market found himself without his prayer book. The wheel of his cart had come off rig...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Recognising Value

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This little gem has been in my possession for a few years. It was a letter from a minister to his congregation. Dear Friends, It has been sa...
Friday, January 25, 2008

Generations

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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. - Hebrew proverb -
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Who am I?

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People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea , at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Lessons from the Ark

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All I really need to know I learned from Noah’s Ark: 1. Don’t miss the boat 2. Don't forget that we're all in the same boat. 3. Plan...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Food waste

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Research suggests Australians are wasting at least $700 million a year on ditched fresh fruit and vegetables. Most households claimed to thr...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Freedom

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When I want to be free at all costs, I am already beginning to bind myself. When I pursue my own wishes, I throw myself in chains. I do what...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Waiting to Live

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There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, u...

Strange...

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This is pretty strange or odd how it worked out this way. What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? Answer - Psalm 117 What is the longest ...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Stem Cells and Ethics

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There has been much discussion over the future of embryonic stem cell research over recent days. The following was relayed to me recently: T...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Sound Familiar?

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An auto mechanic received a repair order that read: "Check for clunking sound when going around corners." Taking the car out for a...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Local Church

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When did the idea of the congregation degenerate into the idea of a local club? It was a perfectly natural development. The majority of peop...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Solitude

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Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into th...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Successful Ageing

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The Study of Adult Development has tracked more than 800 American men and women for 60-80 years. The study concludes that: * interaction wit...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

The World Village

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If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, i...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Wisdom and Wonder

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Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wis...
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Husband and Father, teacher and student of life, love, philosophy, spirituality. Seeking to be an authentic follower of Jesus in a hectic world, in community with others.
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