Succeeding through Self-Discipline
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 Paul’s honesty as he deals with fleshly desires. Likewise he bring us back to Christ as the answer. A long time ago (like around 10 years ago) a friend gave me piece of paper with six points on it. The paper I had didn’t have...
Read MoreKindergarten 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 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 MoreSuperman – The dream we live for
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 significance in this movie, but lets define it a little more. The world’s need for a superhero shown in the form of Clark Kent’s alter-ego is very much in line with Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster’s original concept...
Read MoreCRASH – what a tangled web we weave
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 language, this movie impacts you in so many ways. The characters show how anyone on a bad day can make those eternal choices we all regret. Looking through the eyes of broken people we see how co-dependency doesn’t come only in...
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