Tag Archives: trust
‘Never, make a decision in a Tunnel’
Friends and family have heard me quote this statement on any number of occasions over the years. Although I do not remember much of our Training Principle’s lectures back in 1966’67 I cannot forget his admonishment. “Never, make a decision … Continue reading
Favourites – The Brick House
If you read my last two blogs you will know that we were glad to have a roof over our head regardless of the materials with which it was built. So you can imagine our surprise when a few days … Continue reading
Favourites – “The winner is? – Orange Picking!”
Who would have thought that Picking oranges would make us winners? When we arrived back in Mildura (as mentioned in my last blog) we had little cash and Doug was looking for work. On the 1st of January 1979, he … Continue reading
Favourites – Hang on Help is its way.
“Hang on help is on its way. I’ll be there as fast as I can. Hang on a tiny voice did say From somewhere inside the inner man.’’ So sang the Little River Band back in the late seventies, sometimes … Continue reading
The Prophets Foretold! Blog 28 – 2019
“So,this article is saying that God used Caesar Augustus’ greed to get Joseph and Mary to the Town of Bethlehem and fulfill an Old testament prophesy.” I shared with Doug as I walked towards him in the Garage the other … Continue reading
Mutilating Homiletics Blog 19 – 2019
“Mutilating Homiletics?” We both laughed. “Well I suppose we did a bit of that too!” I grinned. We had just listened to our ‘Word for Today’ message where the author was talking about his early when he was a theology … Continue reading
‘It’s Morning Time.’ Blog 5-2019
My mother used to say flippantly when we were moaning or whinging “Oh! It’s being so cheerful that keeps me going.” We children wanted her to commiserate but she, tongue-in-cheek, wanted us to lift our game. I had to pull … Continue reading