I made this soup tonight. It tasted so amazing that I promised, when posting a photo to Facebook, that I’d share the recipe. It's closely based on a recipe from Dinnerly, a food delivery service similar to Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon that we use four nights a week. All that’s changed is that I …
One coalminer to another
by John McCrindle This is the text of an undated pamphlet written by my maternal grandfather, John Cree McCrindle (1897-1982), probably around the time of his wife Lily's death in 1956, to commend and share his Christian faith with fellow workers in the coal mines in Ipswich, Queensland. Dear Comrades, For the past thirty-four years …
Continue the journey
2 Timothy 3:14-16 Sunset on the road to Gilgandra, northern New South Wales, Australia. As we come to the fifth and final reflection on Paul’s second letter to Timothy, let’s review what we have learned so far. Among various points of advice and encouragement in this profound pastoral letter, we have looked at four requests …
Discern, flee, pursue!
2 Timothy 2:20-24 There are times in life when advice from trusted friends is good and true, but leaves us feeling inadequate, or deflated, or perhaps even conflicted. Some of Paul’s advice in his letters to the younger Timothy may fall into this category. After all, Timothy is no teenager. He is a leader among …
Serve, play, work
2 Timothy 2:3-6 Those of us for whom English is our native language, and who rarely immerse ourselves in an alien culture, often forget how hard it is for others to fully appreciate the complexity of the language we have always known and used. In cross-cultural ministry, and in Bible translation work, it can be …
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