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Hitting the Right Notes at Home
“I think as a teenager, you know, I was sort of rummaging around trying to find something that fit me. Music was something I gravitated toward – probably like most teenagers to be honest, but I felt like I especially loved it. “Then, someone gave me a guitar and I felt like, somehow, I’d come…
Read MoreTuning in to The Calling of God
In Greek, the word Rhema means an ‘utterance’, or ‘thing said’. And, back in the 1960s, when God first spoke into the vision of having Christian radio in New Zealand, few could have imagined just how far and wide that utterance would ultimately be broadcast. It was in fact the initial stirring behind what is…
Read MoreA Family Adventure is Brewing
From the outside looking in, ‘busy’ might be a word some would use to describe Al Belcher’s life. “You could say that – I don’t see it as busy,” Al says. “It’s just stewardship of all the areas of responsibility God has entrusted me with. Pressure is a privilege, as they say.” Among those areas…
Read MoreLeading With the Right Team
In American Football, each team actually comprises three teams. There is a team for offence, defence and a specials team. As indicated in their names, one team is for plays where the team is on offence, advancing towards the goal. One for defence – when the team is protecting ground that they have made against…
Read MoreHow Can we be Sure Our Children Love Us?
A book I read on how to love your children points out that even though parents may tell their children regularly that they love them unconditionally, this does not necessarily translate into children feeling loved – according to research and the experience of counselors working with children. As a parent who often tells my kids…
Read MoreTake Courage
Have you ever asked yourself, “How can I be strong? How can I have courage?” Did you know God told Joshua to be strong and of good courage three times in one chapter? Let’s take a look at why, and see how we can be strong and have courage. I have always been fond of…
Read MoreGoing… Going… Gone…
In a day when many Christians are re-evaluating church attendance, are there values that might anchor us in holding fast to regular gathering together? Recently I was talking with a church leader who described a dilemma they had just faced in their local church with a reasonably senior office bearer. It was the end of…
Read MoreAre You Holding You Captive?
An old African proverb I once heard raises an interesting question – one I’ve been pondering as we make our way through the early stages of 2021. It is said a certain village was having an issue with troublesome monkeys which would regularly break into homes and brazenly snatch bananas, peanuts or various types of…
Read MoreThe Christian Life is Impossible!
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Col. 2:6-7 A dear friend used to say, We all are the failures we were meant to be. In other words, our attempts at…
Read MoreDon’t just Pray Your Way Out of Trouble
The knee-jerk reaction to trouble is usually to pray our way out of it. And so we may. At least we may try. But troubles can be friends as well as enemies. Tears enrich us more than laughter. Tough times grow us faster than easy times. If we are inclined to pray hard times away,…
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