Growing older amplifies the reality that change is inescapable and control is something of an illusion. For disciples of Jesus it bids us recognise the difference between death and dying; that Jesus has overcome death, and that dying is only a shadow. It also bids us look to the one where certainty, comfort, and peace …

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I’ve tipped Brisbane (AFL) without any confidence at all. If they win, they’re the real deal. If they lose, they should at least go further than last year. I’ve tipped Brisbane (NRL) to lose without any confidence at all. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. (Draws count as correct) NRL …

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Twenty years or more ago I talked with a Christian lady who mentioned that Psalm 90’s poetical expression ‘The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble,’ reflected her experience of life was teaching her what the ‘toil and trouble’ those who …

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