Rebecca Reynolds has posted this poem, entitled Mother’s Day, at the Rabbit Room. In achingly beautiful words it maps out a life experience some women deal every day, not just once a year. I remember what it was like to want a baby. I remember how it felt to walk through the grocery store watching …

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From Ed Welch and CCEF (Christian Counselling and Education Foundation) Two friends. One will give you advice. Good advice. The other will pray for you right then and there and will keep praying for you. Which one do you want to talk with? “It depends.” Yes, it does. Sometimes you might want some good advice. …

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A couple of years ago the Brisbane suburb of The Gap experienced a storm of cyclonic proportions. There was a lot of damage to property, including The Gap Presbyterian Church, where my friend Chris Perona serves as pastor. Their worship center was rendered unusable by the storm, I don’t think the congregation ever worshipped in …

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