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Just Thinking… Back in the days of yore when predictive texting on cell phones was still a hit-and-miss thing and Siri did not understand your every spoken word, a whole new language was born – Text Language! Back even further than that, God gave his people some instructions to live by which has been come…

Just Thinking… Back in the days of yore when predictive texting on cell phones was still a hit-and-miss thing and Siri did not understand your every spoken word, a whole new language was born – Text Language! Back even further than that, God gave his people some instructions to live by which has been come…

Just Thinking…Sheila Pritchard, a wonderful Kiwi Christian leader writes some profound words: ‘Sometimes I wonder if we are in danger of domesticating God; taming God into a manageable loving companion who has already done everything for us in Jesus so we are free to sit back comfortably knowing that all will be well in the…

Just Thinking…I spent my early days growing up in the town of Whakatane, a sea-side town in the Bay of Plenty. When I was there, Whakatane was known to have a particularly tricky harbour for boats to enter. It had a bar to cross, and then there was a narrow channel of safety bordered by…

Just Thinking…Hurt people hurt people. We’ve all seen it happen. I’ve certainly seen it in myself. When hurt, my desire for justice and retribution is sometimes only matched by my lack of desire to forgive! The problem is, it’s not a fleeting problem. We hurt and we get hurt all the time … bumped and…

Just Thinking…A student in a high-school entered a project in his school science-fair alerting people to the dangers of the chemical, dihydrogen monoxide. He outlined the many alarming problems associated with this particular molecule, including the following:It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting.Accidental inhalation can kill you.It has been found in tumors of terminal cancer…

Just Thinking…Do you remember the Apollo 13 space mission? It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program, and the third intended to land on the moon. No one cared about this particular technological marvel. It didn’t make the front page of the newspapers. It barely made it into the papers at all. The crew…

Just Thinking…People once brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and bless them. His mates didn’t like this one bit. Perhaps they thought Jesus was too important to be bothered by little things. By the trivial. By the weak. Jesus, of course … as he often did, had a…

Just Thinking…”Welcome to our village, wee one.” This was the instagram tweet sent out by Jacinda Adern at the birth of her little girl. I’m not sure exactly why our Prime Minister used the term ‘village’ – it may be a reference to the well-known African proverb: ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’…

Just Thinking…The Sagrada Familia is the name of a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. Construction began on it in 1882, and 133 years later … it’s still not finished. The best guess is that it will be completed in 2026! It’s original architect was a man named Gaudí, who died in a tragic accident in…