Brighter Horizons

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade."
1 Peter 1:3-4

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To Stand through the Falling?
Photo from The Washington Post How fragile is life. That the world can fall away beneath your feet. It's a truth we so often ignore, block-out, forget, and try to bury. But at times like these it rears its ugly head, as if to tease our very souls. Your Read More...
Live Earth, Sydney
Well I don't know what you made of the whole "Live Earth" thing. Personally I was pretty scepitical about the whole thing. Global Warming seems to be one hell of a problem, with no easy or even tangible solution. At least with something like Make Poverty Read More...
Wise Words
"Our task is not to interpret the bible, but to understand its interpretation of us." - Phillip Jensen, NTE 2006 Read More...
Mene Mene Tekel Parsin
I was reading through Daniel 5 today. In the story, a hand comes down out of nowhere during a feast that the King of Babylon is having, and starts writing on the wall. Daniel is called to interpret the words, which he does: Mene: God has numbered the Read More...
The Engagement Party
Ok, so it was almost 10 weeks ago now. But I've only just sent out the last thankyou card, and I've only just uploaded the photos. So let's say it was last week and run with it, k? Thanks heaps to Shannon and Chelsea for taking all the photos. There are Read More...
Easter Buns
Since when did Hot Cross Buns become Easter Buns? The Cross on these buns is the only reference that remains to what Easter is all about! It's not about chocolate bunnies, 4-day weekends, time with family and fruit cakes. It's about the CROSS. It's about Read More...
Work to Live, Live to Work
Ok, so it's been a while since my last post. I guess life at home is just a little more boring than travelling the world. Mind you, that doesn't mean that a lot hasn't happened. The engagement party, starting full-time work and a "mysterious website that Read More...
As Promised - New Zealand
Well it's been a while since I got back, but I've finally got round to uploading some photos from my time in New Zealand, with Sabs, Kate, Lem, Chalky, and Bessey (our trusty ride). There are lots of photos on flickr , but here is a quick sampler: Team Read More...
Motorcade Madness
Well Cheney 's in town, stirring up the lefties and causing traffic chaos. I saw his motorcade go past today while I was walking in the city. The motorcycle police seemed to be having a jolly-good time, angle-grinding their bikes as they skidded dangerously Read More...
Being a Church that Welcomes - Sacrificially
Ok, so it's been a while since my last post. But what with all the travelling, restarting Sunday School and then the engagement party, I've been a little busy. The Vietnam Memorial, Washington DC I've uploaded some of my favourite photos from America Read More...
New York by Numbers
118.32 - Number of hours I was in New York 24 - Cost of my best investment, a 7-day unlimited metro card 25 - Average temperate while I was in New York (in Fahrenheit) Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park 103 - The street my hostel was on 11 - Number Read More...
Ice Cubes
That's what my body has become. A shivering mess of frozen fingers and toes. I'm in Boston, and it's -15 degrees Celsius, with winds gusting up to 30mph - in other words, it's bloody cold! But no snow of course - just lots and lots of ice. Seeing as I Read More...
Sachsenhausen
We arrived by train, Graham and I, just as the prisoners would have. Sachsenhausen. It's just another town on the outskirts of Berlin, with normal people, in their normal houses, doing their normal things. But after just a short walk through the town, Read More...
Cooking with Squatters in Sevilla
It's 6pm, and I'm at my hostel in Spain. Not without a bit of trouble tho, what with the flight from Egypt being delayed until 2am, missing my connecting flight by a matter of minutes, and then getting desperately lost in the streets of Sevilla (in all Read More...
Camels and Donkeys
Let me just say, for the record, riding a camel is really uncomfortable - particularly for a guy! In Aswan, we rode camels for 1hr through the desert to St. Simon's Monastery. This monastery was actually one of the earliest Christian churches. With the Read More...
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