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Grow Wings With Me!
‘FRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE!’ Part 2 – I’M OUT OF MY COCOON! SCRIPTURE: The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:14 I have spent a couple of weeks hiding with God in my cocoon. At that time I just couldn’t face the hurts out there in […]
Why Are Men So Fearful?
by Geoff Holland A Saturday men’s breakfast during the weekend launch of the Year of the Outback for Baptists on 16-17 February was sold out with all 70 spaces gone. The church had advertised it as an opportunity to hear Tim Costello and to bring friends and workmates to hear him. It was in a […]
Friends
To all of you…. Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love, it shows. I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” […]
Grow Wings With Me
HOW’S YOUR BODY IMAGE? SCRIPTURE: ‘God saw all that God had made, and behold it was very good’. Genesis 1:31 Drama was always, and still is, one of my true loves.As far back as I can remember, I loved to play ‘dress-ups’, and I would eye myself in the mirror from every angle, laughing, and […]
Echoes Of Kind Words
A little boy said to his father, “Let’s play darts. I’ll throw the darts and you say, ‘Wonderful!'” Here is a boy who was not afraid to ask for the encouragement he needs. Maybe we all have something to learn from him! Inspirational author and educator, Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, relates a story about the devastating […]
‘Grow Wings With Me!’
THE SHAME OF IT ALL! SCRIPTURE: ‘Let us fix our eyes on Jesus..who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at..the throne of God. Consider him…so that you will not grow weary and lose heart’ From Hebrews 12:2,3 My older sister Charlene remembers clearly the times I […]
Letter From A Mother To Her Son
Dear Brett, I just wanted to write this letter to you to let you know that I Love you very much. I am feeling remorseful and shamed at some of the things that I did as a mum bringing you up. The things I allowed dad to do to you instead of protecting you, for […]
Letter To My Husband (After A Retreat)
Dear Steve, I wanted to write this letter to you with a lot of help from God, for some reason, writing a letter to Brett was much easier, but I am going to give it the best shot. First of all I want to thank you for the past 2 years or so since you […]
Adultery
“Amour Adulterine:” The Myriad Flirtations of the Soul By A. C. Troxel When many Christians, especially the literati, hear the words, “You shall not commit adultery,” they probably think of the heroine’s indiscretion in The Scarlet Letter. To be sure, their impulse is correct because Hester Prynne’s sin is the quintessential example of this transgression. […]
I Became A Teacher, Mrs. Miller.
MRS. MILLER I was thirteen years old, insecure, and in the eighth grade. I wasn’t attractive, I wasn’t athletic, and I wasn’t popular I had an accent, and my hair was far too long for an era that favored crewcuts. The Beatles were just around the corner but, alas, they hadn’t yet arrived. I was […]
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