It’s Monday morning and I’ve just completed five loads of washing. Who would have thought at this stage of my life I’d spend so much time...

I walked in the Arizona desert just recently. I was walking in “red rock canyon”. The scenery was stunning. It is what drew me there. I...

Perhaps more than any other time in my life I have many unplanned, unscheduled days when the only living creatures I see or hear are my...

“I am so busy, busy, busy”, “I am so tired, tired, tired”. It is a common response from people when I ask them how they are. We wear it...

Over last few years I’ve been writing my memoirs; looking back over my life, reflecting, reviewing. It’s been an interesting process....

At Hope’s view I am amazed daily at the fruit and vegetables, flowers and trees that flourish and grow here.  I was moving some of the...

One of my favourite post Easter or post resurrection stories is what happened for a couple of Jesus’s followers on the road to Emmaus....

As Easter comes and goes there are a few things that remain with me, one is Silent Saturday. The day the disciples hid away and wondered...

Passover in Wollongong, 2024 This week marks a year since our move from Wollongong to live in Tapitallee. That last week a year ago was...

I confess, ‘fresh anything from a bakery’ is a major weakness of mine. It is hard for me to go past a bakery and not wander in and buy...

On numerous occasions recently my daughter has found me in the house to ask me what is wrong. She says she hears me huffing and puffing...

I play a game on my phone called “block jam”. Like many games the aim is to unblock the square and clear all the shapes. There are levels...

This morning, at Hope’s View, I walked in early hours towards the dam at the bottom of the property. The water was still, the grass wet...

We have a building project at Hopes View at the moment to extend our decking. A fine builder who takes pride in his work and seeks to do...

To journey without being changed is to be a nomad The change without journeying is to be a chameleon To journey and be transformed by the...

There is a place at Hope’s View that is fast becoming my safe place. It looks out into a forest of tall trees with a beautiful ground...

One of my mother’s favourite hymns was ‘I Come to the Garden Alone.’ The words are a reflection on the experience of time alone with...

I remember a friend once saying to me that he was scared to take time to hear from God because he was afraid of what He might actually...

Simplicity is a word gaining favour today as our busy, complicated and fragmented lives take a toll on our physical, emotional and...

“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless...