Discipleship

Courageous Conversations Part 1 Yvette talks to a Baptist Church on starting that elusive God conversation. This first section covers some quick stories by Yvette sharing her faith. They are simple yet effective, so simple, anyone with a heart can do it! There is an exercise to do. Read Matthew 10:5-42 This passage of scripture [...]

Courageous Conversations Part 2 Yvette continues her talk on having a courageous conversation and sharing faith. Well it's less about sharing faith and more about building a relationship with someone and asking some key questions! Really anyone can do it if you want to!

Epic Fail There’s a book titled “Sharing Jesus without fear,” I got all fired up after reading it, my faith was high, and the challenge was set. I decided to head into Hurstville the next day and share my faith, hey no one knows me there, and if I embarrass myself, then at least I’ll […]

As a kid, one of my favourite games was Follow the Leader. The wooden bench seats under the Peppercorn Trees made for excellent jumping; leaping from one bench to the other required skills. But the game quickly degenerated because no one wanted to follow me! Ha! I got equally frustrated with my friend’s lack of imagination, wandering […]

DARKNESS FALLS CHAPTER 1 No matter how many good decisions we make, when life throws unexpected challenges, we can find ourselves at a loss. It’s at those times that we question our purpose in life and reason for being, which is what happened when life overwhelmed me. We lived in a nice house in leafy […]

If you want to make a wave, you’ll need to rock the boat. Change Agents “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein. Most people are happy for change to take place: But they aren’t that happy to change themselves: One of the precursors to […]

Lifecycle of a Community Your Community is a living organism, is it declining or growing? A frail building held together by cobwebs sits lonely and forgotten on a hilltop. An aged and weary sandstone fence surrounds a modern unit block. Ancient cathedrals meant for people, now a work of art and bustling tourist attraction. These [...]

Love people, not things I could think of nothing more devaluing to a person than being treated like a consumable product; to be picked up, used and shelved at whim or maybe in extreme cases even chucked on the figurative rubbish heap. I heard a story of a person volunteering to sell books on consignment […]

Sin, it's a nasty business! The tongue is like a fire. It is like a whole world of trouble. It is a part of our body. And it makes our whole body bad. It burns up our whole life. And the fire that makes the tongue burn comes from hell. People have been able to [...]

Starting a Spiritual Conversation Naturally If you’ve ever left a conversation feeling flat, you’re not alone. But why is that? Why are some conversations filled with laughter, banter, hope and connection-whilst others are dry, boring, superficial and stale? Never been short on an opinion, I’ve got a few theories why. But first, let me entice […]