Note: Who doesn’t love hearing a good story? – especially one where God has done the impossible and changed circumstances and situations. Seeing God’s work after a crisis is import, but so too seeing it during the crisis. Mark Meynell reminds you why you should share your story during your struggles in this excerpt from When … Read more
‘Hope delayed makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is the tree of life.’ Proverbs 13:12 Who hasn’t been disappointed? You miss out on the position or promotion. The invitation you expected never arrives. Every day of the tropical holiday you saved for is raining. The pain of relationship breakdown is too much. The doctor … Read more
Failure is one of the biggest barriers to living a full life. It is a burden many people carry, it is a load that bares them down. It is like a badge that not only shows they have failed but also covers them in disgrace. Others can’t even bear the thought of failure. And so … Read more
It is normal to hear the claim that similarities in the DNA of species is evidence for evolution. I’m not so sure. What if these similarities have more to do with the artist? Could it not be that these similarities actually point to a creator? One of the premises of determining art forgeries relates to … Read more
“Chicks dig scars.” I first heard these in a movie called The Replacements. It has become a little joke in our family. Whenever one of my boys fall over I’ll say it to them. They don’t get it (they’re only 2 and 4) but they laugh along. While I’m not sure chicks actually do like … Read more
I’m a bit of a calendar nerd. Promotional calendars have heaps of information like tide charts, moon cycles and other pointless trivia. My favourite thing of all is when there are pictures of flags on the national day of different countries. The day for Israel is simply called ‘Yom Kippur’. Basically for Yom Kippur a … Read more
I woke up this morning just before 4:00 AM in agony. I had a toothache. It was so painful that I couldn’t get back to sleep and so I found myself walking round the house in such a state that I was probably ready to consume an entire packet of painkillers. I’m going to assume … Read more
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