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Reflections on Easter

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This past week I have been reflecting on Easter, here are some thoughts…

Friday reminds us of death and of heartache. Saturday comes and with this day there is mourning, there is a desperate state of being, there comes the questions, the ‘what if’s’ the ‘if only’s’…. BUT!! Sunday is coming, and when Sunday comes, JOY is restored. HOPE is here and Jesus is ALIVE!!

Our daily lives can become a bit like Easter… We hit a “Friday” where death and heartache, trials and strife come our way….as the heaviness of what has taken place sets in on our lives we move into a state of “Saturday”, but we often get stuck in “Saturday” Continue reading Reflections on Easter →

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The Power of Words

In Genesis God created the world ‘by saying…’, and then created man in His image. He made us with powerful words, and to carry powerful words, 2 Samuel 23: 2 “the Spirit of The Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue”. Psalm 45:1″ My heart is indicting a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer”.

We have been created to create Continue reading The Power of Words →

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Of Sheep and Shepherds

I was teaching the kids at church about Jesus the shepherd recently.  I remembered my pet lambs from a childhood growing up on a sheep farm and explained how my lambs always knew my voice, even years later, and would come running when I called them by name.

Reflecting on how much care the shepherd took to protect and care for his sheep in Biblical times, I marvel at the ingenuity of Jesus’ parable of His care for us in John 10. He calls us by name: our Father. He leads us: our teacher and Continue reading Of Sheep and Shepherds →

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Taranaki named top tourist destination

New Plymouth is an amazing place to live.

The Daily News had an article on 5th March 2014 that named Taranaki  as the top tourist destination!

Apparently it even caught the survey organisers by surprise, beating the Coromandel and Milford Sound to take top spot on a list of New Zealand’s best destinations. They said   “Travelers are looking at Taranaki like a best-kept secret.”

To anyone that lives here, this is not a secret.  It might be off the beaten track but its a fabulous place with Continue reading Taranaki named top tourist destination →