Me: Only if you know. Jesus: Know what? Me: Know what it's like to be in exile! To be away from home! I mean as I say that, I know your parents had to flee to Egypt after your birth! You were too small to remember. They were terrified until an angel came to the … Continue reading Living-IN Experience: A conversation with Jesus
I don’t know!!!
I remember when I did my first practicum in 2007. I was 26 and had decided on career change away from Property marketing and maintenance. I began at studying a Masters of Teaching and had to do my first prac at Ingleburn High School in Sydney. I rolled my sleeves and got ready to teach … Continue reading I don’t know!!!
A conversation with my God: A modern day Psalm (Part one)
Me: Tell me why I feel distant from you? Why I keep delaying my daily meeting with you? Why I am afraid of you? God: You tell me. What’s wrong? Me: I am too scared. My parents have told me so much about you. I hear you can lose it. You can be jealous, angry and … Continue reading A conversation with my God: A modern day Psalm (Part one)
Frequently Flyer!
It doesn't take long if you are frequent flyer around the country or world for business or leisure that joining the airlines reward program has some benefits. I have traveled domestically and racked up 1000s of points between 2013 and 2016 in my role as National Coordinator for Marist Youth. I reached silver status in … Continue reading Frequently Flyer!
CPR
Ahh yes! Here we have another buzz word. The mandatory nature of the CPR courses ensures that those who work with children and young people among other professions, do these course annually. I remember 2 breaths and 30 compression and DRS ABCD; all of this to resuscitate an unconscious person and bring them back to … Continue reading CPR
Under control!!!
We spend our lives worried and anxious about so many things. I have often caught myself worried and anxious about my future, the next day of work, the next mortgage payment, the next doctor appointment, the next test result, the next operation, the next work meeting, the next conversation, the next assignment, the next day … Continue reading Under control!!!
Living the New Testament
The "Sermon on the Mount" is the great teaching of Jesus in the New Testament. It is when Jesus saw the crowds, and "went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying…" (Matthew Chapters 5-7). Jesus begins not by a list … Continue reading Living the New Testament
I have no time!!!
"Hi, how are you? Not too bad, busy". "Hey, how's work? All good but busy". If I had a dollar for every time I heard or said the word "busy" in a conversation. People seem to have no time. We whinge and complain that we wish we had more hours and days in the week … Continue reading I have no time!!!
One more time…
I have just returned from my first session at the gym for more than a year. I feel sore and tired yet happy. I cannot tell you how many times in the last 5 years I have started and stopped the exercise cycle. I have tried with friends, alone, with music and without. Often I … Continue reading One more time…
“You will never change”
If there is a buzz word in modern day business it is "change". I mean we start teaching students from Year 11 and up about "resistance to Change" and "managing change" in business studies. Rapid technological advances and a more globalised world have led to the word "change" being the supreme word in management. They … Continue reading “You will never change”
Burning Hearts 