It’s the tenth day of a brand new year. Life in our world can be an incredible mix of profound experiences. A quick look at the very interesting statistics website Worldometers gives us a real-time, global perspective on the year so far. Since New Year’s Eve (ie: in the past 10 days)  * 3.2 million people have been [...]

Ultimately, it’s our belief about the end of life that shapes how we journey through the present. We see this principle operating in everyday life when we plan for all sorts of things  – next year’s overseas holiday; saving towards a house; planning for retirement. We like to know where we are going, to have [...]

Many of us, at least in the Western world, are privileged to have lives that are full of rewarding experiences. Although on one level this is a great blessing, I wonder if on another level, it’s inherently dangerous. The danger is that we actually find such fulfillment and focus in our daily work, projects, hobbies or relationships that we don’t [...]

We All Worship, 24/7 The Bible portrays us as being designed to worship. It assumes that we are hard-wired that way. We worship the objects of our affections. We do this practically, in everyday life when we make choices that show our priorities. We choose to spend our limited time and resources on such-and-such, rather than on something [...]