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Christmas Snowballs

These snowballs are a quick and easy festive treat. I’ve used cacao butter with just a little coconut oil to give a delicious white-fudge flavour.

Gingerbread Bliss Balls

When you live in a hot place like Western Australia at Christmas time, these delicious gingerbread balls are a better option than baking.

The Best Books I Read in 2019 (and a Few Others)

Where would we be without books? What wonder and wisdom we’d miss out on, what delight we’d forfeit. Here’s this year’s edition of my Best Books list.

Why We Should Trade In Our Education Bias

Over the last forty years or so, school leavers have been encouraged toward university education. But this bias has got to change…

The Wonderful Act of Giving

Christmas is almost upon us and in the midst of all of the preparations it is our usual practise to turn our thoughts toward giving.

Can I Get a Busy Badge?

You’ve had the same conversation a thousand times. You meet up with someone who asks how you’ve been and you answer by telling them … ‘busy’.

Do Small Steps Really Matter?

It take focus and determination with the seemingly small steps until one day you look back and you see you have actually changed the course you were on!

Abused as a Child, Addicted to Porn as an Adult, Restored by Therapy and Jesus: Pastor Tim Ross

If someone you know battles an addiction, it’s probably covering up some deep-seated wound or emotional pain they don’t know how to face.

Have You Taken the Time to Plan?

What is it about retirement that we feel we have all the time in the world to think about it, but go into a mad panic when we reach our 50th birthday?

For The Woman Who’s Always Falling Short

I get that I’m a human who’s imperfect, but it’s so tempting when my mistakes confront me to see myself as a person who just always falls short.

The Atheist Who Wants More Churches In Australia

Harvard Educated Federal Labor MP Andrew Leigh believes Australia could do with more churches. He believes churches are good for society. And yet Leigh is an Atheist.

How Busy Mums Can Make Time for Daily Devotions

Do you ever wish you could spend more time in the Word, but you’re just so busy taking care of your family that you don’t know how you possibly can?

Smoked Paprika & Herbed Chicken

This is a simple one-pot chicken dinner full of flavour. The sauce is packed with vegetables and immune-boosting chicken broth.

Around the World on 50 Bucks: The Amazing Global, Spiritual Journey of Christopher Schacht

At the end of his school career, about to dive straight into a computer science degree, Christopher decided instead to embark on an around the world trip.

Burnout: You Don’t Think the Elastic Band Will Break – Until It Does

“Is this what it feels like to be depressed?”  I have a wife who deals with the depression of others.  But to experience it?  Was this actually it?

4 Ways to Keep Your Pets Safe This Fire Season

PetSafe Australia is urging all pet owners to make sure they have included their household animals in their family’s bush fire safety plans.

A Focus On Holistic Education is #trending In Schools

There is a greater focus on the holistic upbringing in schools. We are seeing a shift from the educational basics to education of the whole child.

Butternut and Ginger Soup

I love this soup recipe because it’s so quick to make. The spice ginger has an exotic, peppery flavour which goes so well with the mild butternut pumpkin.