Bible Reflections are triggered by my current reading of Scripture from the Holy Bible.
When I think of a Seal (no not the black sea creature), I picture the wax seal seen on documents. Now days a seal can be a wax seal bearing an impressed figure, or an embossed figure in paper, with the purpose of authenticating a document. Wax seals were applied to letters and parcels to…
Have you ever watched a baby being weaned from their mother’s milk and take their first mouthful of solid food? The food swiftly tumbles from their mouth as their little tongue bulldozers it out. Their little eyes look at you in shock and horror followed by the biggest pouting face. All our lives we tend…
Coming out of the underground railway, Parliament Station in Melbourne, I would walk the few streets to my workplace. Every morning I passed a bus shelter commandeered by a derelict who was sleeping on a bench seat and covered in newspapers for warmth. If you entered the shelter, the smell was overwhelming. The years of…
Buzzz! Buzzz! Amazing how the sound of your alarm clock fits into the dream. *blink* Nope, I’m now awake. Get up. Have a shower, shave and… then it’s breakfast. Rush to the train. Sleepily rattle my way to work in the morning peak hour crush. Walk those few blocks through the city smog and traffic.…
People argue over whether we should drink alcohol or not. The debates get quite heated and it’s enough to drive a bloke to drink! Seriously though, it is a polorised argument and needs serious consideration. If you have been the recipient of an abusive alcoholic father who took to you with his fists or tried…
There was a time when men thought the Earth was flat. We may laugh now but that’s what they assumed based on all known facts at that time. But guess what?! There is still a Flat Earth Society today. Only when their experience contradicts their assumptions and more facts brought to bear that eventually the…
It is interesting that many people slam Christians. And to be perfectly honest, some need slamming! There are plenty of hypocrites and ill-informed people out there doing a whole lot of ‘wrong’ things all in the name of Christianity. And I am all for exposing that, dealing with it and lovingly restore our ‘off-the-track’ brothers…
I am amazed at the number of people who always vote along party lines… “I’ve been Labour|Liberal|Green|[enter preferred party here] all my life!” is the emphatic stand taken. And when their party is in power, all is well. When it’s not, “See, I told ya!” is the quip. Personally, I have not followed Party politics.…
When I mention the word ‘humility’ does anyone come immediately to mind? There are few names that come to mind…but not easily. When a name does pop in, there is a pang of excitement as we reflect upon this particular person. We admire all that they are and mostly what they do. We see in…