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God – or the shopping mall?

God – or the shopping mall?

The newspaper headline startled me. ‘People don’t go to church any more – they go to the malls.’ It wasn’t something I expected to see in the business section of the newspaper..

  • Plain knitting

    When you’ve never known grandparents – or aunts or uncles or cousins, for that matter – you have no model for your own grandparenting.

  • No compromise

    Keith Green, Christian singer and songwriter in the ‘60s and ‘70s, had an album called “No Compromise”.

  • The Bride (Part 2)

    The marriage contract is integral to our personal relationship with the Lord as Isaiah chapter 54 verse 5 says.

  • The evil of prostitution.

    Nola is a remarkable story. Nola turned to sex work after becoming a single mother while she was still a teenager.

  • Hold that boat! What happens when things go wrong

    Things are seldom as easy as they seem. For instance, standing in line some six years ago to board our very first cruise, my husband and I were filled with excitement.

  • Unfulfilled

    I have met many devout Christians who firmly believe they have received a personal promise from God but it has never come to pass.

  • The power of narrative

    The phone call came while we were sitting outside after Mothers’ Day lunch. ‘Nanna Vi has died,’ my sister shares.

  • The Bride (Part 1)

    The Revelation chapter 3 and verse 20 read as follows: ....Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.

  • Newcastle back then

    Our family lived in Armidale where dad started working for the New South Wales Government Railways as a steam engine cleaner.

  • Why I’m still teaching after 25 years. Part 1- The Mackay Years

    I never wanted to be a teacher. I never wanted to be one of THOSE people who never got out of the system.

  • Nothing changes until something changes

    Around this time of the year, I start thinking about change. I noted that my article at this same time last year spoke about change too, which proves my point.