It must have felt so odd to the Israelites. They're facing an impenetrable walled city. They must take it. But how? You can imagine them looking to Joshua. Wanting the plan, the tactics. The clever strategy to win this battle. Yet, the simpliest, most illogical of plans is presented. To walk around the city, for six… Continue reading The walls came tumbling down

"I will rest in your promises. My confidence is your faithfulness" We all have those tough days, tough weeks...tough seasons. Sometimes even the very present minute is hard. Then there are the times when there is nothing more to be done. It is out of our hands. When we begin our walk through the valley. We all know these moments - the ones just before… Continue reading Rest in His promise

I'll praise before my breakthrough 'Til my song becomes my triumph I will sing because I trust You I will bring my heart, I will lift my song Sometimes we can find ourselves in life where praising God just seems too hard. Entering into praise seems the exact opposite of what we feel like doing.… Continue reading The Power of Praise

It was definitely a wild storm that night. Thunder, lightning, and then a mini tornado through our suburb. We heard a mssive bang which turned out was the sound of our fence being blown over. It wasn't until morning that we could really see what damage had been done. The driveway was a mess, our reycling… Continue reading Look up

It's a common word, familiar to all. Whether it be Father, Dad, daddy. Whatever the language - papa, père, padre. I've heard it in the same ward at hospital my dad was in as I visited. Used by another person visiting their father. I heard it in the lift of the same hospital with a "brand new" father heading… Continue reading Father

In these winter days when it feels that the sun barely makes an appearance, it seems that our souls yearn for more than just brief moments in the sun. Indeed depression rates are known to notably increase during the winter. In fact there is a strong correlation between our levels of serotonin and our expousure to the sun.… Continue reading Light Therapy

It's Sunday and I'm at church but not really at church in my eyes. I'm in creche with my little one and missing the whole service. And to be honest feeling a tad grumpy about it all. Furthermore I found myself in the bathroom dealing with my chappy needing a change. Not exactly a Holy moment.… Continue reading Sunday

Then. A simple, common word. Used so often in daily life. Certainly not really a word to give cause to pause and think on. Its use in conversation suggests something more, an action, a consequence, a result. It's a partnership - a before Somehow this week, I have found myself singing the refrain to "How Great Thou… Continue reading Then.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies - Psalm 23:5 Sometimes you can feel like you’ve reached the end of yourself and your ability to keep up the fight. The fight for your business. The fight for your children, your health, your relationships. You are at the end of your… Continue reading In the fray

It's an odd place to start writing about this journey. I'm not at the start of it, nor am I at its end - although I'm expecting it to end well shortly. But here in the middle is where I am. And in this part of the journey while there is still an unknown I want to… Continue reading The Journey