Pressure to set Goals and New Years Resolutions can bring the reminders of past failures back into focus. Why bother stepping into the mine field of making goals? Link to Part 1 of this series. I know it’s hard to set goals when you may have had so many failures in the past. […]
Do you, or someone you know, struggle with Depression? This could be the best Christmas present. I have just finished adapting my book ‘Out of the Darkness’ into an eBook. The hard copy version has helped hundreds of people and i have had incredible feedback, particularly that it is easy to read […]
Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit I wonder what adventure lies just outside your door? The Hobbit […]
Transformation is something we more easily see in the rear-view mirror than out the side window. David Benner What’s the view out of your side window like at the moment? Fast and furious? Blurred, as the year whizz’s by you? In this post I want to sow an idea in […]
Seeds for Thought The sword is heavy. And piercing sharp. Stronger than rock, It yields a mighty blow To the foe With each assault. The bow and arrow Are light and swift. Silent war implement, It yields a surprise attack To front or back, From […]
The man with the knives, the pretty girl on the target, the drum roll and then the silence. A knife whistles through the air into the target, inches away from the young lady. Then another, and another and another. The crowd is hushed and shocked at the danger, the […]
It was a story that released an inner groan. It was the story of a North Korean soldier being executed for failing to grieve after the death of Kim Jong-il. He was caught drinking during the 100 day mourning period. Execution is bad enough, but the way he was […]
It was a shock, a sad and terrible event that could have been prevented. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post ‘I’m and All Black and I’m Ok’. What prompted it was the suicide of someone in our local community. In our Church service, the following Sunday morning, […]
I wanted to.. but I wanted to present to you a lover – undefiled and whole with flesh like grass inviting inspection, pure and eager for your reaching arms. I wanted to present to you a mind unclotted by the mud-pied clogginess of doubt distrust free from fettered cares […]
It’s our national sport here in New Zealand; some say it’s our national religion. Rugby, it’s not a game for wimps. 15 players are throwing themselves at each other to get a ball across a line at the other end of the field. No helmets, no shoulder pads, the only […]