Courage… it’s not that far away.
Courage… where do we find it…and what do we need it for anyway? Amazing what you can discover at a Men’s Breakfast when you least expect it…
Roses are red… the lesson begins.
“Good God Dad! Mum’s going to kill you for murdering her roses!”, was the shocked response from my son as I trimmed the roses back to stumps. I must admit my over-zealous efforts scared me a little as I surveyed my handywork. Through winter I watched those stumps, vowing to not complain when my wife…
Is that a fire or is it a blaze?
Getting your tail handed to you on a platter, isn’t a lot of fun, let me tell you. Just weeks old in the Christian faith, full of over exuberance and filled with unbelievable joy and a new lease on life can be disconcerting to those around you. I had discovered God and was happy for…
Responding in times of unprecedented duress.
Many years ago, in an organisation that remains nameless, I was seconded to a major project worth many millions of dollars. There were over 400 people on this project at the time. 70% were engaged from a consultancy firm. My role was coordination of the project management. From the information each person entered into the…
Dilligence in the face of adversity.
Have you ever watched a cow grazing. It just meanders in the grass chewing the cud, growing fatter by the day. In the heat of the day it will even lie down and rest. Just dumb and fattened. Nothing seems to perturb it – and the butcher loves it that way. And so it is…
THATs just downright annoying – no more!
The sun beat down on a vast parched desert ground. The temperature had risen over 50 degrees Celsius and the spellbinding horizon shimmered in lakes of water on the ever distant horizon. The dryness of the land drew the water from our bodies in beads of sweat. To stumble into a valley, an oasis, with…