Kindergarten Life Skills
A long time ago I found this piece on life skills for kindergarten and the office. It was funny but true in so many ways. Isn’t it sad how our maturity and wisdom don’t also grow in terms of overcoming selfishness and insecurity. Doing a ‘google’ on it I found it was previously written by Robert Fulghum. His book by the same title dominated the New York Times best seller list in 1989 and through much of 1990. All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in...
Read MoreThe Power of Encouragement
Recently a friend told me how he had been having a bad ‘day’. Someone who knew he was battling sent him an SMS that simply said “Have a great day”. There was nothing profound in the words, there was no wisdom to write in stone, it was simply the words of a friend saying “I’m with you”. When my friend got this SMS he said it brought tears to his eyes. I read between the lines and felt he was saying that it was good to know he wasn’t alone. Someone knew, someone cared, someone acted. Back in 1999 I cried out to a friend that I wasn’t coping. He sent this email. It hit home so...
Read MoreReminders on Calling
Back when I first started working with United Christian Broadcasters in Australia around 1999 I faced a hard patch which tested me in terms of my calling and resolve. As much as I had youthful passion I recognised I didn’t have much ‘sticking power’. One time when praying the Lord gave me this encouragement which I wrote down (always a good idea), printed it out and kept it in front of me. Maybe its what you need today. I know that reading it has encouraged me again. You are here because God called you to this position. Now honour the Lord by praying about everything. Bless...
Read MoreBeating burnout
Back on 10th November 2004 I saw this devotional on www.word4U2day.com.au I printed it out and tucked it away. I saw the printout recently and with the launch of the new website for word4U2day I thought it was a good reminder for us all. If you haven’t registered yet then visit the new website and sign up. Wednesday, 10 November 2004 Help, God – the bottom has fallen out!… Psalm 130:1 TMIf you burn the candle at both ends, you aren’t as bright as you think! In these times of working harder but achieving less you can get irritable and cynical and lose your sense of humour....
Read MoreAccountability, the Heart Check-up
I recently came across a piece of paper from a friend in Hamilton, New Zealand. When I first got involved with Radio Rhema he challenged me to meet with him and walk through these questions. I believe they are a variant of seven questions Chuck Colson went through with his team when he formed Prison Fellowship. Its fair to say I haven’t been using these questions for over ten years and yet when I look at them they are questions I ask myself on a regular basis. I feel they are healthy spiritual check-up. Zig ZIglar would say we need a check-up from the neck-up… ie. get your head straight....
Read MoreHe sure know’s his Bible
This story was emailed to me by my friend Mandy Worby. It is an absolute laugh but keeps you on your toes to think about the serious nature of this story. A young seminary graduate was seeking to pastor his first church. One pulpit committee requested an interview. As the student and the committee gathered together, the chairman began the questioning. “Young man, do you know your Bible?” The young man replied, “Yes sir. I know the Bible from front to back.” Another asked, “Do you know the stories and parables?” The candidate answered, “Oh yes! I know all the stories and...
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