Single on Valentine’s Day
Romance! Something we all need…don’t we? They say February is the sweetest month of the year and Valentine’s Day, a day to demonstrate love,...
CULTIVATING GREAT FRIENDSHIPS
Friendships are family that we choose.
We don't have much of a choice as to what families we are born into. However, we do have...
Love Made Strong Through Storms
We’ve had fifteen Valentines Days together and I can still remember our first date. I’d agreed to go on a date with him because...
Put Away Prejudice
I was twenty-four when I realised I have an accent. I knew other people spoke with an accent, but I didn’t think I did....
Christmas, Time For Giving
What is the true meaning of giving? We wait a whole year to celebrate Christmas, yet when we plan our celebration we tend to...
Celebrating 60 Years Of Marriage
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah said the secret to their six-decade long marriage has been laughter.
Today the couple celebrated their 60th...
Thrifty Gifting: Your 2016 Guide
Being an adult is complicated. Tiresome. A lot of work. Just think of what Christmas was like as a child: the pinnacle of the...
What You See Is What You’ll Get
There are so many ways to view life. In my (reasonably short) time on earth, one thing is becoming clearer every day. What I...
Inviting your community to help shape your future
The other night my wife Valerie and I had about 15 of our friends hanging out in our lounge.
We shared soup together and then we...
Brain-frying Optical Illusions!
What we see is not necessarily what is actually there.
Nature and physics beautifully demonstrate this in all sorts of fascinating ways - but one...