Christmas is close and it always reminds me of harvesting. Where I grew up, the cereal crops were ready for harvest around Christmas time and whenever I think of harvesting, I think of Ruth. Ruth, the Moabite, no stranger to grief, still grieving the lost trinity of...
Some people have dual citizenship, that is, they are equally citizens of two different countries at the same time. They can have passports to each and can claim each country as ‘theirs’ with whatever rights and privileges apply. They have the right to a sort of...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 2, we learned that it is through God’s Word that He walks and talks to us. We can’t take our spiritual walk seriously without it. But just how does God’s Word do that? How does it speak to us? The Train Driver described the...
I received a dummy credit card in the mail recently by a company wanting to sell credit to me. It shows my importance. It signifies purchasing power and my value to the firm who issued it. I am measured by the dollars provided through the sophisticated design of the...
Australia Post recently created stamps of dangerous Australian creatures. One of them was of a red-backed spider, an extremely venomous spider and one that is quite common. In fact is it so prevalent, and the stamp so realistic, the stamp was not released for use. The...
Ok Clever Class, let's deal with the original problem. Despite being told not to, Eve ate the fruit. I have listened to the debates, the arguments and the fall-out for years. Now, you are a Clever Class so tell me: why is it that no-one thinks to ask 'why did she eat...
As a lawful citizen of my country, I can travel the roads, shop at the supermarket, visit my friends, cook a meal, hold a job, and so on. Everything I do is lawful and no restrictions are imposed on me. However, if I am not a citizen of this country, or if I have...
If you make an agreement with somebody about something that is to be done, you want it to stick. You don’t want it to come undone half way through so you choose carefully with whom you make an agreement. The strength of the agreement is not in the agreement, it is in...
I was pouring water into a trough just over the fence in a neighbour's paddock. Drought had taken away the water supply for his sheep but we have an underground flow and could keep the trough full.Further down the hill, among the rocks, his sheep heard the water being...
Bread is one of those essential things. I know its meaning has been stretched to include ‘a meal of any kind’ or ‘food of any kind’ but to me it means what it says. It means ‘bread – loaf of.’ There is nothing more basic and honest and homely than a loaf of warm bread...