Intreat …"The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.” 1 Timothy 5:2 [KJV] Hebe Veronica I recently tried to help someone herd some cattle. However, the cattle clearly didn’t think I looked particularly scary, because now and then a steer would bolt, the mob would scatter in three different directions, and we would have to round them up again. Later, the person I was ‘helping’ said kindly, “There’s nothing quite so unpredictable as a mob of young ca

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 [KJV] Wood stove I’ve recently been house-sitting in the country. One evening, as a storm rattled the house, I sat ‘cosied up’ by the wood heater in the lounge room. The glow of the charring wood mirrored my inner satisfaction: after two failed attempts, I was confident that I had built a fire that would burn for hours. You see, I’m still learning how to run a wood heater. So far, I’ve discovered that if you d

“I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.” Romans 16:1-2 [KJV] Monarch butterfly Some of my recent research into the role of women in the church has involved looking up what celebrity preachers say about female preachers and pastors. Now, I don’t ta