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

In life we all have times when we encounter hard times or face hard things. Things that challenge us, stretch us and take us to the end of our limits, to the end of ourselves. Things that very much remind us of our humanity, our frality and our need for God. I read recently the quote "pearls of… Continue reading Hard Things

"In the middle of the ashes, the cross remains. A powerful reminder as we move toward Good Friday. No matter the devastation we face, no matter what is burned up, the cross is victorious and Sunday is on its way." (Shelia Walsh) - The Cross in Notre Dame after the fire

"Take courage my heart, stay steadfast my soul, He's in the waiting" (Kristine Dimarco) Waiting. It's a reality of life. Whether we're waiting for a train or a bus to arrive or are simply at the traffic lights - waiting is in our everyday. But there are also more poignant times of waiting. Good and bad. The… Continue reading He’s in the waiting

A reporter for the NZ Herald recently wrote that Holy Week used to feel for him as if "there was grace in the air." And I'd have to agree. There's something about Holy Week, as we follow Christ's journey to the Cross, His death and His Resurrection, that intensifies our faith and makes us more… Continue reading Grace in the air

I'm sitting in the car waiting to pick the kids up from school. I'm parked on the side of the road. Street signs, concrete, fences, cars parked, cars driving past. It's a rather unattractive urban view. Or is it? For my car is parked beside a hibiscus bush in flower. Beauty there if I choose to… Continue reading Focus

    PARADOX: - A situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics Sacrifice. Praise. Two words that seem mutually exclusive. A paradox. Two words that don’t belong together. Praise is like the woohoo of your day, an overflow of happy. It’s exuberant, joyful. It’s something… Continue reading Paradox