Reading the signs

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!” This age-old adage speaks to our instinctual behaviour in challenging situations, however, it seems that many people have adopted a different approach, akin to a scene from The Simpsons. In an episode of...

When a friend dies

Reflections on loss and life. The price we pay for love is grief. The death of a long-term friend raises lots of questions and challenges. Although I am now in the “My Aged Care” generation, I like to think of myself as being in midlife, provided I live to be 140!  As...

“And the roof fell in.”

If I received ten dollars every time someone said to me, “The roof will fall in if I come to church.” I’d have no fear for the future finances of the little congregations that I care for. I hear the statement many times every year during my work as a minister, or when...

The underwear trap.

We were sitting around having a cuppa after church, when the conversation among some of the men turned to the subject of underwear. One chap announcing he had just re-stocked his supply of underwear, saying it had been a difficult decision as the old underpants were...

The Gospel According to Neale

I’m 30000 ft above the Great Australian Bight, flying to Western Australia on my way to visit my best friend. I’m listening to Neale Daniher’s audio book “When all is said and done.”  Neale has spearheaded the fight against Motor Neuron Disease (MND). He, along with...