On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary, his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (Matthew 2:11) Hi Fighter, Do you recognise the story? Yes, it’s the saga of the three wise men, visiting the infant Jesus. […]
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Paul rejoiced ‘in the Lord’. He lifted his eyes above his personal situation and focused on Christ and on the family of faith that Christ had given him. Paul was in pain, but he saw himself as just one member of a greater community that was going from strength to strength. Paul identified with his team so strongly that it transformed his perspective on his own struggles.
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It still seems extraordinary to me that we acquiesce to this level of totalitarian control. Why do we accept that our governments have the right to grant and to withhold freedoms that most of us had thought were God-given prior to this pandemic? Freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom of worship and even freedom of speech – all of these seem to have become the property of the government, to give and to take away as they see fit. In the case of the Victorian government, the situation is even worse, as new powers adopted by Fuhrer Dan Andrews means that the prerogative to give and to take away has become his alone!
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To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)
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. Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, and I must confess to feeling somewhat exhausted as I write to you today. It’s been an overwhelming month: I’ve been trying to recover from my brain haemorrhage. We’ve had much turmoil in the community (and perhaps in the church, most especially) over our government’s postal vote on same-sex
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Hi Fighter, Father Dave here with a very belated newsletter. I do apologise for the long lapses in communication. There was a time when I managed to keep in touch with my friends and supporters almost every week. Nowadays I struggle to find time each month, and probably wouldn’t manage it now, except that I’m
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave back with you. Christmas is past (exhausting yet wonderful as ever) and it’s time for us to go bush! 🙂 Our bush weekend away at Binacrombi is just around the corner – January 16th to 18th – and you are invited! It will be a physical and spiritual fitness weekend where
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave back with you, and I won’t keep you for long tonight. It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m sure you’ve got better things to do than spend your time reading a blog post from me. You might likewise be wondering why I’m spending my New Year’s Eve blogging when I should
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