The Quick and the Smooth

I often like things to get done smoothly and quickly. I don’t like trouble, interruptions and anything that slows me down. When this happens I see the goalpost fade in the mist of uncertainty and I stumble in fear. Panic paralyses me and inhibits my prayers. That’s when I have to remind myself to look back. … Read more

“Where is the newborn king of the Jews?”

King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.Matthew 2: 2-3 Herod would surely have been offended when asked about another “King of the Jews”. He was, after all, the ‘King of the Jews.’ When he called a meeting of the priests and scribes, he might have hoped to expose … Read more

SALT

“The salt of the earth.” This is how Jesus described his followers. He did not say: “Saffron. You are the saffron of the earth.” That would have been nice, to be thought of as rare and expensive. Instead he said they were as ordinary as salt – plain, almost colourless. Salt has taken on a … Read more

Point Nepean National Park

If you think one National Park is very much like another, then you surely have not seen Point Nepean National Park. This little jewel is to be found at the very tip of the Mornington Peninsula, right after Portsea. We discovered it quite by accident, my husband and I; – very soon after its debut … Read more