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Celebrity Culture
Celebrity watching has become injurious to your income! The celebrity culture uses social media to promote the following and imitating of...

GCI Auckland
Jul 26, 20141 min read


One step for man, a giant leap for mankind?
On July 21, many years ago, the first human stepped on to the surface of the moon. It was a momentous occasion for many on Earth - a...

GCI Auckland
Jul 22, 20141 min read


Where is Jesus?
We often remember where we were when we heard shocking news. For example, I was in the hallway when my grandfather, with tears in his...

GCI Auckland
Jul 19, 20142 min read


Can I See Another's Woe?
Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? This is the opening stanza...

GCI Auckland
Jul 18, 20141 min read
Royal Heirs
A few months ago, I read a story on my iPad about a 60-year-old Japanese man who discovered that he’d been switched at birth. Born into a...

GCI Auckland
Jun 21, 20142 min read


Arrogance & Self Righteousness
If you are a Christian, have you given thought to how your approach to life and moral issues appears to people who are not Christian? And...

GCI Auckland
Jun 21, 20142 min read


Are you closing your eyes to elder abuse?
Social and cultural conditions have changed remarkably since early Christian times. Christians in the early church acted as a social...

GCI Auckland
Jun 15, 20144 min read


Where do I begin?
Does it really matter where things begin? Society often sees the origin of something as being connected to ownership. For example, a...

GCI Auckland
Jun 2, 20141 min read


Growing old bitter or better?
"Some old women and men grow bitter with age. The more their teeth drop out the more biting they get." said George Dennison Prentice....

GCI Auckland
May 19, 20142 min read


As the Deer
The talk about a possible new Cold War brought to mind a story I read recently. A study has shown that the descendants of the red deer,...

GCI Auckland
May 15, 20141 min read
The love of a mother
I have seen many different portrayals of mothers on Family sitcoms over the years. I remember the “perfect” mom played by June Cleaver in...

GCI Auckland
May 8, 20142 min read


ANZAC Day & Sacrifice
We will remember them. The most common reading in ANZAC services is John 15:13 : ‘Greater love has no one than this, than he lays down...

GCI Auckland
Apr 24, 20142 min read


From disgrace to grace
Disgrace has been in the national and international news. Following trials or official enquiries, it’s become clear that some politicians...

GCI Auckland
Apr 16, 20141 min read
Prayer Faster than a Processing Chip
I remember when home computers were a luxury that not many people could afford. Can you believe that was only 25 years ago? Now many...

GCI Auckland
Apr 10, 20142 min read


Deserving of Grace?
"God dispenses gifts, not wages. None of us gets paid according to merit, for none of us comes close to satisfying God’s requirements for...

GCI Auckland
Apr 7, 20141 min read
Stillness
During a trip through Arizona in 1903, Teddy Roosevelt stopped off at the Grand Canyon. As he addressed the crowd, his voice boomed: “In...

GCI Auckland
Mar 29, 20142 min read


Worries getting you down?
Do you worry? Dale Carnegie said in his book "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" that today is the tomorrow that we worried about...

GCI Auckland
Mar 26, 20142 min read


Where is God in Tragedy?
The search continues for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared on the 8th of March. Our hearts go out to the families of...

GCI Auckland
Mar 25, 20142 min read
Total Forgiveness
Forgiveness does not come easily. If someone has done you wrong, the impulse is to hurt them back. The pain of what happened is hard to...

GCI Auckland
Mar 19, 20142 min read


Feeling the Cyclone's Sting
With the weather in New Zealand this weekend, due to ex-tropical Cyclone Lusi, many of us are today without power. Many of us battened...

GCI Auckland
Mar 15, 20142 min read
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