Archive for November 2025

Here I am. In a world trying to deal with Today. Don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Enemies within and enemies without, appear. What I thought was a firm foundation, can sometimes crumble. I get that way sometimes. I cast my mind back to an earlier day. In the mid 1990’s raising our two children…

An important lesson in life is discovering the importance of service. Here I took a photo of the doorkeeper at the simple accommodation house I stayed at while in Hangzhou, a beautiful city about an hours train ride from Shanghai. West Lake is famous in China and exists in the heart of this city. For…

Yeshua (Jesus) chose Shimon bar Yonah (Simon Peter) as one of His apostles. A fisherman by trade to begin with yet after encountering His Messiah at the Sea of Galilee, he became a fisher of men! Peter was impetuous by nature, displayed on many occasions during the three years of Yeshua’s ministry. Likely out of…

Living in Nelson, New Zealand is always full of surprises. We soon move from spring to summer so plants are displaying their beauty. While walking alongside the Maitai River, I took a break, resting on one of the shaded river seats. The shade is coming from a tree that I am not sure about. However…

How can it be that Israel, a tiny nation of around 10 million people located in the Middle East, can command global attention day in and day out. A nation vilified by so many. This hatred is palpable and for me can only be explained through spiritual eyes with biblical understanding. As mentioned in other…

Is God a jealous God? I will come to that puzzling question in a moment. First, this is a photo I took a couple of days ago in my city of Nelson. As I drove back home I looked in the rear vision mirror and this is what I saw. God’s handiwork. A beautiful cloud…

Did you know that Yeshua was a carpenter who grew up and lived most of His life in the village of Nazareth? Let me share an experience that Yeshua had in Nazareth once He had commenced His public ministry. I am drawing from a passage in Mark’s gospel. It touches on three important truths. That…