[ mites from our momentary marriage and ministry ]
As I look back at our calendar over the past 12 months, it’s easy to be puffed up. We are the perfect family where I write interesting things, preach, lead worship, study, read, go cycling, play. Cheryl is the perfect housewife who bakes, sews, binds books, cooks, teaches the girls. It’s easy to rattle off …
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A few weeks back, I was asked to preach Acts 18 as part of Howick and Papakura Baptist’s teaching series through Luke’s account of the early church. The preaching commitments had been organised months beforehand. But in God’s providence, I preached Acts 18 at Papakura Baptist the week after it was announced that their Pastor, …
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Had some breathing space between projects today, so I decided to spend the morning trying out the new Grafton Gully and Beach Road cycle way. Since it opened in September this year lots of cyclists in Auckland have had a go and raved about it. You can watch Auckland Transport’s video “bike-through” of the Beach …
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Many months ago, the first shape for which E learnt the word was ‘circle’. At breakfast one morning, she stared out of the window, pointed, and said ‘circle’. And indeed there were: little spheres sprouting on the tree in our next-door neighbour’s garden. As the circles grew, so did E’s vocabulary. Other words were added: …
As the hatchback hurtled towards the airport, I asked a most unnatural question to the man in the front passenger seat: “So are you a birdwatcher?” A few people know me well enough to be able to see and point out a specific way that my proud heart shows itself. When talking with people, I …
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