An unexpected treasure I was helping to clear a friend’s house and came across this Jewish Calendar highlighting the year 5718 or 1958 in the Western World Calendar. I turned to the month of April and the day of my birth on the 10th! It displays a beautiful painting by Isodor Aschheim of Lake Kinneret…
Unexpected visitors from the Islands What a blessing to have visitors from Tonga and Vanuatu to our home for a BBQ. We also had our good friends, the Kemps, with us and one of our boarders, Theresa. Our Pacific Island friends are currently working on apple orchards in the Nelson region. Both Island groups are…
A sad and lonely looking fig I have two potted fig trees and one is in our back garden. Sadly, just one fig rests upon the tree supported by just one fig leaf! The fig is so small; almost insignificant. I thought I had nurtured the tree well; given it fertiliser and water. Also, I…
YESHUA (JESUS) ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON THE MORNING OF THE THIRD DAY
So blessed to spend a day with three lovely Israeli travellers yesterday – Uri, Eviatar, me and Gal. I will look to share something of our experience and also touch on the blessing when Kiwi believers in Yeshua like me walk with travellers from the Land of Israel. To complete this story in the coming…
You may say, who cares? Does God have a Son? Many people in the World may say, who cares? Can I suggest it is the most important question to discover the answer to. And I will provide you with some truths to help you in that search. This question is pivital to my walk of…
Reading the signs Here I am in Pics cafe in Nelson. As I sit and read from the Word, I work to shape a story. We are living in dramatic days. We need to realise that Yeshua (Jesus), the promised Messiah and the Son of God – the One who made the heavens and the…
Gathering around the table Hi there everyone. Gathering around the table with family, friend and stranger to eat and share with one another, lies at the heart of God’s creative plan. Yes; this plan was marred indeed, yet of our own making and not God’s doing! Sharing about my own family Following I share briefly…
Good morning everyone. I have an honest question that I ask myself, often daily. What is my pearl of great price? Or for that matter Who do I look to as my pearl of great price? That Great Decision in Life I want to share about an important choice we are called to make in…
Rata flower, crimson red The catalyst for this story; meeting with friends at Falafel Gourmet. One friend shared about seeing a crimson flower on a tree in Nelson and asked us whether we knew what tree it might be. A Rata tree I said – and indeed it was! Some photos that I snapped later…