I would have to admit that the biggest battle of my life is with my ‘self’. I’m constantly having to pull my ‘self’ into line, give my ‘self’ a good talking to and keep an eye on my ‘self’. Sound familiar? Its very much the battle Paul talked about in Romans 7. Try reading from verse 7 onwards and see if Paul isn’t talking about your life?! I love...

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...

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...

Just had a fun evening with my kids watching Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. My daughter Abbey made the comment half way through, "isn’t it getting a little too religious". Her comment was based around the use of some of Marlon Brando’s old lines from the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie. Its true there is plenty of religious...

I sat up and watched this movie on Sunday night expecting to see an eclectic mish mash of stories contrived into a ‘film’ designed to profile ‘A’ list wannabe actors and former ‘A’ list trytobe actors. Boy, was I in for a surprise, no wonder this dark horse scooped the pool. Despite the racist cynicism and a high degree of bad...