I once heard someone say, ‘I’ll make him eat his words!’ and the thought intrigued me. How on earth can anyone eat his words? Words are such curious things, and they do take on life as we know from the poems and hymns we remember from our childhood. I was reminded of...
I met a lonely widow woman the other day. She had a visitor staying with her, a paying guest, to support her and her son in their time of financial stress. The paying guest was generous and they felt safe while he was with them. They felt he somehow protected them...
Note: Picton and Bargo are towns on the Southern rail line in Australia, and ‘Bushells’ is a brand name of tea used by Australians over many decades. During the early 1950’s, road competition between rail and freight was fierce. Strict instructions were given to...
We sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast and the window was just above eye level. Two feathers suddenly appeared at the window, walking about completely upright without any visible body and obviously fully in control of themselves. If we did not know what was...
I was in a shop the other day, looking for a particular item. I went along the shelf, searching, shifting items, reading labels and looking at them closely. For all I knew there could have been surveillance cameras recording my every move but I simply did not care....
I learned music as a child and the day the odd shapes on a page connected with the notes on my instrument, a whole new dimension of sound exploded. The world of glorious music connected with my ordinary world and I could unite them simply through my fingers. A similar...
On a national day, two brothers stood in an outdoor meeting listening to their father give a brief Christian talk. At the finish of the talk, the father said, "A transcript of this talk is freely available to anyone who would like to have it." One of the brothers was...
The gifts of the wise men to the baby Jesus were no accident. They were planned with devotion and a depth of understanding that takes your breath away. The wise men were deeply religious and had known that the Lord was sending a saviour to the world. They also knew...
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.” (Philippians 4:7) I dreamed it was the day of resurrection. My Mother and Father came up from the grave as I had known them but with a spirit of youthfulness and anticipation. They looked about them for their own...
He was learning woodwork and he wanted to make a present for his grandad. Grandma suggested he make a wooden footstool exactly like the one she used. She said grandad would like it and he would use it all the time. Carefully they drew up a plan of the measurements,...