Tag Archives: hope

You drive 200km for a one hour church meeting? What?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

I’ve just come home from a Wednesday testimony meeting at a Christian Science church. When I’m in the city here in Melbourne, Australia, the church I attend is about 25km away from my unit. Every second week I’m at my home … Continue reading →

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What the heck is the still small voice? – of earthquakes, wind and fire…

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

When I sat down with my sandwich and cuppa around lunchtime on Tuesday I switched on the telly to watch the news. I kind of lost my appetite and was left in tears at what I was seeing. Christchurch, a … Continue reading →

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An open invitation…

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Egypt has seen huge changes of sentiment over the last few weeks. We read that it’s been afraid of an autocratic government, filled with hope of freedom, right back to the fear of chaos. What a roller coaster ride! These … Continue reading →

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Of droughts and flooding rains…

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

One of Australia’s early poets, Dorothea Mackellar, published what is probably the best known piece of Australian poetry around 1908. This verse speaks to the hearts of those who love where we Aussies live. I love a sunburnt country,  A … Continue reading →

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On Hope and Optimism, or, Are our carts and horses mixed up?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

In The Economist Dec 16, 2010 there’s and article called “The redistribution of hope,” with a subheading telling us that optimism is on the move. Optimism is on the move. That sounded good to me – the spread of optimism … Continue reading →

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