This post is the introduction to a series of posts I am going to write on the topic of Salvation. This post will outline some of the questions that I am hoping to explore in the series. Why do we need to be saved? Some people think that a Christian understanding of salvation is just [...]

I was reading yesterday about the negative power of low self esteem. He suggested that self esteem is a crippling infirmity (in the biblical sense) that prevents people from trusting fully in God and living out their potential. The author used the parable of the talents (Matt 25:14-30) as his example. Three servants are given [...]

Naomi commented on yesterday’s post and I wanted to pick up a thought that she mentioned. She said that some people think that Global Warming (and other disasters and calamities) are a result of the ‘end times’ and is what is supposed to happen before Jesus returns. Time and space is too limited for a [...]

Victoria is in the midst of the longest heat wave since 1908. We are due 4 days in a row over 40 degrees. I am going to avoid the temptation to comment about global warming.It has got me thinking however about an issue that would usually not even be noticed. Air-conditioning. Lots of people have [...]

(This post is actually yesterday’s post. I lost the internet last night and so was delayed in posting this.) Today I went out in a Dragon Boat. It was for work, so we had 8 young people in the boat plus a couple of workers and I was at the back steering the thing. We [...]

Today I went and watched the Melbourne Victory open training session. It was a good way to spend the morning, sitting in the shade, watching my team run around. After their warm up and a few drills they got into a practice game and we were able to watch them working hard to prepare for [...]

Today I went and saw the Australian Open tennis. What struck me about the sport is just how much the player’s attitude affects their performance. Of course you see Lleyton Hewitt yelling ‘come on’ to himself to give himself a lift. But until I was metres away from the players I didn’t get it. We [...]

Today I gave blood. Every couple of months I go into the city and donate 470ml of my O+ blood to the Red Cross. I think it is a great thing to do and everyone who is eligible should get in there and give it a go. And for those who don’t like needles, neither [...]

Yesterday I watched the comedy show ‘My name is Earl’. Earl is a bad boy who the law finally caught up with. While in goal he was introduced to the idea of karma. Earl’s life is forever changed and upon release he writes a list of all the bad things he has done to people. [...]

How do we include people in what we do? How do we invite others to include people they find it hard to include? I think that community should be a place of inclusion. We invite people into community so that we can share with them and they with us. Community therefore is inclusive by nature. [...]