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Interview: Liss Smith from LissLetters
1. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m have six amazing little (and not-so- little-anymore) people aged 2-13 and have been married for 14 years (I got married at 19!). I’ve lived in Brisbane, and have been a passionate creative, my entire life – we have...
Monthly Question: What Verses Would You Recommend For a New Mother? + {FREE Printables}
I remember those first months of being a new mother. Hard couldn't begin to describe it. While I was overjoyed at my beautiful little girl, the lack of sleep, feeding issues and worry made those first months a struggle. I remember feeling that God was chipping away at...
Augustine: One of the Most Influential Figures In Early Christian History
I love history. Finding out about people who have lived before us and times past, fascinates me. I marvel at the process of knowledge being passed through the generations, and how one person imparts knowledge to another. As someone who delights over written words, the...
Tunes I’m Listening To
Music is a big part of our home- we listen to it, we watch it, we play it, we sing it. Some days, when we are all needing a pick-me-up, I put on some music to lift our spirits and lift our hearts and minds. For the last few years, we have been Spotify fans. In case...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
For the last few weeks, Dave and I have been watching the election race with interest. With all the leadership changes over the past few years, it makes the election race confusing and policies more important. Yet, I still find that my voting on Saturday may come down...
Weariness Got You Down?
In Australia the days are starting to get colder, flu season hits and tiredness can feel like it is seeping into our very bones. We can be weary physically through getting older or having younger children, we can be weary from work or the pressures of life, we can be...
Humility- a foreign concept?
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” -C.S. Lewis, "Mere Christianity" Over the past month, I have recognised that I am often slow to accept help and even slower to ask for help. With a newborn in the family, people have so...
Interview with OneLove Chairwoman, Julianne Jones
Hi Julianne. It is lovely to have you here on Pursuits of God. Can you tell readers a little about yourself? I am a wife (married 24yrs), mother of 4 daughters (18yrs,16yrs,14yrs and 9yrs), midwife at RNSH, Director of Church Partnerships for KCC and Chairwoman for...
Cast Your Cares
Last week, as I waited in a doctor's surgery waiting room, I observed a young boy and his mum enter the surgery. The boy, about 9 or 10 years old was wringing his hands and this didn't escape his mother's watchful eye. Kindly, she uncurled her son's hands and asked...
God in the Waiting
Last weekend we celebrated Easter and the glorious gift of grace in Jesus! But as we moved from Good Friday, through to Easter Sunday there is that pregnant pause of Easter Saturday. There is no church service to attend, no celebration; Jesus is dead. And it got me...
FLASHBACK: What Your Easter Celebrations Reveal About You
I love history. There is something about discovering gems of what has gone before and how it impacts my life today that really excites me. So recently, as I gathered with my Bible study group, I was surprised when one lady suggested Christians should no longer hold...
Interview: Artist and Illustrator Lorien
Today I am excited to welcome Australian artist and illustrator Lorien to Pursuits of God. I hope that you enjoy finding out more about her and her beautiful colouring-in designs. Lorien's first colouring-in book "Meditations" and soon to be released book...
Book Review: Then Sings My Soul- Philip Percival
Music in church is something everyone has an opinion about- some like hymns, others want only 'modern' music; some want drums, others only want the organ. Opinions are always available; they get in and can often wreak havoc bringing disunity to the church body. After...
Isn’t the Bible Just a Big Book of Rules?
I don’t know what you think of when you think about the Bible. One of the biggest misconceptions about it to me, seems to be this impression that it is a Big Book full of rules that somehow restrict your happiness. Yet as the years go on and I read more of it, one...
Book Review: Glimpses of Grace- Gloria Furman
Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home by Gloria Furman (Crossway, 2013), was a pleasure to read. Structured in two parts- Your Foundation in the Mundane and The Miraculous in the Mundane- Furman combines both strong theology with practical application...
Book Review: Do More Better- Tim Challies (2016)
Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity (Cruciform Press, Dec 2015) is the latest book by blogger, author and book reviewer Tim Challies. In this short book (114 pages), Challies delivers high on practicality and fairly light on biblical foundations. Yet, as...
With My Whole Heart I Seek You: a helpful Bible Study resource
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O...
Book Review: Follow Me- David Platt
Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live by David Platt (Tyndale, 2013), is a challenging book on what Jesus' call to discipleship is actually about. Structured in 9 Chapters, Platt shares his passion for the lost and a desire to see Christians live out their calling...