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While fulfilling a pastoral position in Newcastle, I discovered that the house where we were living was not far from my father’s birthplace (27/9/1918). Of course, our street didn’t exist then, the area would...

Don’t quit

 Concluding the reflection on Philippians 3:1-14, if my battery was soon to run out there are five big statements that I would be happy to make my closing chapter. The fifth:- Don’t quit until...

I mentioned my friend who, suffering from a brain tumor, is unable to read or write, and whose memory is fading, yet he can still preach. If my battery was soon to run out...

It was after 10pm when the phone rang. I had taken a pastorate on the outskirts of Sydney, and was starting to settle into this new vocation. The caller had checked the entries in...

  I am watching my friend die. For the moment he has the ability to converse deliberately and sensitively. His brain, though, has shut down the functions which would allow him to read, or...