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Follow me….
Have you ever noticed the way some drivers will slow down as they drive past the scene of an accident? You can see them rubber-necking, as if hoping to catch a glimpse of blood or tragedy – because for them,… Continue reading
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Digital Nagging
Is it just me, or is anyone else fed up with being nagged by their appliances? What I’m wondering is – how is it that with so many available programs on my washing machine, I still can’t program it to… Continue reading
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Fear & Conditioning
Once upon a time…. When I relocated to attend Bible College in Queensland, I spent most of my first year there boarding with an adult family. The house we lived in was on a large, open piece of land on… Continue reading
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Agency & Authority
When my children were small, there was never any question about who was in charge. I was the boss of them because I was their parent, and my right to exercise parental authority was unquestioned because we all knew I… Continue reading
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Referendum
Ordinarily, I am politically neutral. But today, being the day we vote in a national referendum about whether indigenous peoples should have their right to be heard enshrined in the constitution, I feel I must break that neutrality. I am… Continue reading
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Exodus
Looking from the inside Something said by the character Atticus Finch in the book ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ has always stayed with me since reading it as a teenager. He said: “You never really understand a person until you consider… Continue reading
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Is Church Like Santa – the sequel
Before I became born-again, I would have told you that I was a Christian simply because I believed in Jesus and God. Even though their existence was an accepted fact to me, the idea of having a relationship with either… Continue reading
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Faith Testing
Writing a blog is turning out to be a bit more challenging than I first thought it would be, but I was willing and ready to give it a crack because it was God’s idea. As I initially contemplated the… Continue reading
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Be A Doorknob
Many years ago, a woman I knew was often heard to be saying “Be encouraged!” It was usually said cheerfully in passing, but without qualification. There was no explanation of what one should be encouraged about or how one might… Continue reading
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Is Church Like Santa?
Remember when you were a child and your parents told you about Santa Claus? A wonderful picture would have been built in your mind about this kind, jolly, generous man and what his coming at Christmas meant. Little hearts were… Continue reading
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