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Welcome home, Jesus
Every year, the Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of the Passover. This temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship.
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I stopped waiting
With everything going at a superfastspeed, I realised I have stopped waiting. There is no such thing as waiting in the line. We try to avoid queues, opt for fast food which can be delivered immediately and seek instant gratification.
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Dig deeper
Learning about creation can be absolutely captivating. I recently read about how some animals like meerkats and moles ...
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Bird power!
As I watched our two Love Bird parrots playing in their cage, I was warmed when they turned towards each other to exchange an affectionate peck and nussle in close.
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Turning on the lights
Like most kids growing up, at times I remember being pretty scared of the dark. It's a fear which everyone can relate to—that feeling of helplessness where you know you're unable to fully comprehend and interact with your surroundings.
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The minority report
With an open mind I visited the anti-mandate protest camp at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand in February. I had some empathy for the protestors plight. Many of my friends are not vaccinated and are paying a price for their stance.
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Being in control…
We all like being in control of our lives, in knowing what’s happening. Most people don’t like living with uncertainty, and we tend to be creatures of habit. That’s normal.
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When will this all end?
August 2021 was going well. Here in New Zealand we’d weathered the COVID19 storm quite well. Life was relatively normal, the elimination strategy adopted by our government was by-and-large working. Of course, there was opposition to some of the restrictions that we were living under, but no country escapes opposition to government direction.
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Unity among squabbling siblings
I recently went with a friend to his church’s social down at our local beach. I didn’t think much of it at the time, and it was a fun experience getting to meet fellow brothers and sisters whom I didn’t know.
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Diary of a teenage girl
It was a lazy summer’s evening not long after New Year. My husband and I perched expectantly on the plush grey sofa in my parents’ living room. The yearly ritual was about to begin.
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A Greater Love
In 2000 a small team of psychologists began a study of how babies in Romanian orphanages developed compared to orphans placed in foster homes and children who live with their families. The orphanage staff fed, changed, and bathed the children but apart from that they were left in their cribs all day to entertain themselves.
