Post Category: Musings

It's the biggest show on earth! 32 teams - 64 games - 736 players. It happens every four years and this year, after just scraping in, Australia is once again part of the action. Does it get any better than this! The Soccer World Cup literally kicks off again in a couple of months. Everyone's talking about it. People will travel from all around the globe to be in Qatar for...

It's the biggest show on earth! 32 teams - 64 games - 736 players. It happens every four years and this year, after just scraping in, Australia is once again part of the action. Does it get any better than this! The Soccer World Cup literally kicks off again in a couple of months. Everyone's talking about it. People will travel from all around the globe to be in Qatar for...

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes, looking at the natural ebb and flow of life draws the following conclusion, 'What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun' (Ecc 1:9). If we take God out of the equation life seems hopeless. But we must never take God out of the equation. Because of God's promise the Christian waits with...

In our'40 Days of Prayer'inititiative, we're asked to pray every day for at least three areas where we long to grow in godliness. One of the points that I've begun praying for is more patience. Patience is indeed a virtue. And so I'm reminded of those verses I've heard so many times before. They rattle through my brain like some oft-repeated mantra. The fruit of the Spiri...

I studied French for my first two years of high school. I can still to count up to ten, but that's about it. However, I clearly remember one lesson when our teacher put in a special effort to give us an appreciation for French culture. She brought a couple of bottles of mineral water to school with fizz and without - and gave us the opportunity to sample the water the Fre...

I studied French for my first two years of high school. I can still to count up to ten, but that's about it. However, I clearly remember one lesson when our teacher put in a special effort to give us an appreciation for French culture. She brought a couple of bottles of mineral water to school with fizz and without - and gave us the opportunity to sample the water the Fre...

We have a particularly resilient ground cover growing in our front garden which, if left to it's own devices, will soon take over the world. As part of my civic duty it has to be removed! Or at least brought under control. So I've been weeding. And it's been tough going. At first glance this plant appears to be little more than a network of leaves. All I have to do is f...

PennoBaps' updated COVID Safe plan is officially registered and is available for everyone to read. Please have a look at the document linked below. PennoBaps' COVID Safe plan Sunday morning service runs at 10am with attendance limited to 194 people under new guidelines. Registration is required to attend this service. ...

I've been planning a two-week holiday for months. Anna and I were soon off to Japan to catch up with our son, Adam, eat wonderful food, and go places we had not been before. And then Coronavirus. Two weeks ago, I contacted the booking agency and was told that it would cost $1000 to cancel our flights. We really wanted to go, and we didn't want to lose $1000. So, we decid...

I spent a recent weekend at Boot Camp in Katoomba with the young men of our church. We had a great time. And it rained, and rained, and rained, and rained just as it did back here at Pennant Hills. Indeed, it rained so much I had trouble getting home. Three trees fell and brought down two power poles over the road that leads to our house. As a result, our little nook of ...