Reflections and Musings

  • Finding Peace: Cast Your Anxiety on God

    Finding Peace: Cast Your Anxiety on God

    1 Peter 5:7 – Cast all your anxiety on Him for He cares for you”. Message version – “So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.” God asks… Read more

  • Confidence in the Shepherd

    Confidence in the Shepherd

    Do you fear being lost? Do you fear that the grip you have on God is weak and failing? Do you worry that the temptations of the world, the multitude of things it throws at you will separate you from the Father? Do you fear that traumatic experiences and emotional distress in this life can… Read more

  • Grounded

    Grounded

    I lookAnd see the gentle swayOf the trees and long grass overdue for a cutAnd thank God for the breeze.It brings cool and delicateSweeps across my tired face I lookAnd see the green hueOf the grapevine across our porchReady to burst with autumn abundanceAnd I thank GodFor the relieving shadeAnd promise of harvest I listenTo… Read more

  • What’s your word for 2024?

    What’s your word for 2024?

    2024 has arrived, and I like to settle on a word to help me keep my focus for the year. What is your word? What is a word that describes where you are at now, and where you would like to be by the end of this year? What word is God giving you? How is he going to… Read more

  • Spoken Word – “Touch the cloak”

    Spoken Word – “Touch the cloak”

    This spoken word is taken from the story of the woman who had a health issue where she had been bleeding for 12 years. She found healing by touching the cloak of Jesus which in itself would have crossed all sorts of religious and cultural lines, as with the condition of bleeding, she would have… Read more

  • The Path of Life – Humpridge Track

    The Path of Life – Humpridge Track

    Psalm 16:11 – “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.” Over the New Year, we hiked the “Humpridge Track” in Southland, New Zealand. Interestingly, it has just become another one of New Zealand’s Great Walks since then.… Read more