It has become pretty fashionable to talk about learning to forgive yourself, or learning to love yourself. I wonder if you have heard that, or maybe even said that yourself. Not to put too find a point on it, I think that these expressions are some of the most self-absorbed non-sense that it is possible … [Read more…]
There have been a number of stories over the past two weeks which all point to the hollowness of our culture’s approach to sex. The culture which says “sex isn’t a moral issue – whatever you want to do with respect to sex is okay”. The hollowness and bankrupt nature of that approach is on … [Read more…]
Yesterday we had a wonderful day of long, soaking, summer rain. Sure, it was a little bit humid, and is again this morning. It may have been a little inconvenient, as it may have forced you to alter the plans you had for the day. But I think everyone was happy with the rain. The … [Read more…]
I’ve been thinking about things a bit this year. Same sex marriage has captured our attention quite a bit, and a lot of Christians are wondering what the implications are going to be for us, as we don’t believe God accepts or condones it. How are things going to go for us as these two … [Read more…]
We’ve just had a cold wet week (about to become a very hot weekend) in the middle of harvest. Which means that harvest stops, the condition of the crops may deteriorate, volumes reduce, and the return for the year’s work diminish. These are the realities of farming, and when these things happen, it produces a … [Read more…]
This is something which our culture is increasingly providing schizophrenic answers to. On the one hand we have organisations like Beyond Blue which help depressed people see that life contains hope, we put huge efforts into suicide prevention (particularly targeting vulnerable groups), and we are constantly being told how wonderful everyone is and how there … [Read more…]
One thing that can be guaranteed to rally the troops together is to define an enemy. You can see it today in groups who define the enemy as those wicked Christians who won’t embrace anything an LGBTQI+ group proposes. Or, on the other side of things, the enemy are anyone who is at all sympathetic … [Read more…]
Over the last couple of years, our culture has been playing a game of pretend. We have become used to seeing men ‘becoming’ women, or women ‘becoming’ men, by taking hormones or undergoing surgery. High profile cases, like Bruce/Caitlin Jenner in the US, and Malcolm/Cate McGregor, in Australia (among quite a number of others) has … [Read more…]
A happy family photo where you can see joy on people’s faces. It often comes about from a special event, or a special holiday. I love seeing joy on the kids faces still, especially so in the every day things we do. Jokes. Funny stories. Looking at something special that crosses our paths in the … [Read more…]
I with respect to the recent census results on religious affiliation, I recently commented that “I’d expect to see these numbers drop considerably as time goes on – because the headline figure of 52% of Australians identifying as ‘Christian’ vastly overstates the number of people heading to churches”, and I thought that this warranted some more … [Read more…]