I have three young daughters, Hannah, Sarah and Julia, who were all born within a four year period. As a mom you fully understand that the past few years have been dominated by nappy changes, disrupted nights, feeds, disrupted nights, copious amounts of crying, oh, and did I mention disrupted nights?  Often the days blur into each other as the cycle of motherhood goes round and round, and in this state it’s easy to lose sight of the meaning of our lives as we stumble around adorned with ...

I am sure you are familiar with the experience of walking out of a food market and feeling as if you have paid an inexplicably large amount of money for the few groceries in your shopping bags? The soaring price of living is affecting every one of us! In light of this all-too-common experience, I had a very interesting discussion with some friends around the dinner table last weekend. We were talking about the impact of World War II on our parents’ generation - yes that is the era in whic...

I’ve recently been struck by how much time we waste pursuing our goals and dreams without, to quote a familiar phrase, “letting go and letting God”.

You know what I mean … . We get an idea of what we believe God is calling us to do, and we do everything in our human capacity to bring that idea to fruition. We make phone calls, write letters, constantly check our e-mail and keep our cell phone close by so as not to miss that all-important call!

I’ve learnt the hard way ...

Whoever said that the Bible is old-fashioned and irrelevant for today’s world really ought to take a look at the book of Proverbs. Seldom have I read a book that is more useful for the times in which we live. Proverbs has a way of simplifying everything and making it either black or white, wrong or right. Look at Proverbs 4:14 and 15, for example;

“Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and go on y...

The temptation to sin is huge. Why? Well, not only are we naturally sinful without the intervention of Christ in our lives, but sin is often disguised as something extremely attractive and exciting. And once embroiled in sin, it is very difficult to get out of it. I believe that there are only three scenarios related to sin, and all of them are increasingly unpleasant and burdensome. Let me explain what I mean … .

In the first instance, you are faced with the temptation of sin, in wh...