A few weeks ago I was taking a quiet walk enjoying the cool breezes of a Summer evening. I came to the solitary Maple tree in my backyard and there I saw it, a baby bird laying in the grass. I knew that the Robin that had raised a family of birds earlier this Spring...
It was my daughter’s 21st birthday. Dinner was finished and cake and ice cream were about to be served. As I looked out on my three grown children I was amazed at how quickly the years had gone by. My youngest was now 18 years old. My daughter was a college graduate....
It was a warm, humid and very still Saturday morning in early January, typical of the weather you expect in Sydney in the middle of a hot Australian summer. I was out of bed early as the first task of the day was to take my car to my local tire service centre for a...
"It's 60$, but I give it to you for 50.""Hmm. I will give you twenty.""No way mon! That's hand-made! See how delicate it is? It took me hours to make that horse head!""O.K. Thirty!""Forty-five, and that's my last offer.""Deal!""Hey mon! You make my day! Thank you....
It must not be easy to work in a fast food court. Myriads of customers demand their food in a rush, expecting the service to be quick and the food to be hot and delicious. Hardly anyone takes the time to thank the servers, much less to chat with them. How could they?...
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." (Eccl. 3:1 NIV)It often seems, nowadays, that we don't have time for anything. We have to squeeze grief into our heavy schedules, we deal with loss through insurance companies, and in some...
Sweet Lord, help me cry, when dear ones die.When they sin against Thee and I know not why.Bring them closely to Thine own loving heart.Let not those ever in life, from Thee depart.Guard all from the enemy, that Thou doth detest.Help us all to live in wonder, in Thy...