Bourne to Move

5 August 2016 Recently I had the opportunity to attend Bourne Youth’s camp, Winterbourne. I was lucky enough to help out with one of the electives, Bourne to Move. No it has nothing to do with Jason Bourne, but instead explored our passion for sport, fitness and physical activity. Maybe, like me, you feel a…

No Pain, No Gain

If you have played sport at any level chances are you have heard this phrase, “No pain, no gain”. Is that something that you truly believe? That without pain it is impossible for you to improve? Perhaps not. However it does seem that pain and netball go hand in hand. If you have ever been…

Strength and Courage

22 June 2016 “Be strong and courageous.” Are these the words you say to yourself before you step out on to the court? Maybe not. People don’t seem to think like that these days. We are often told that sport is about being active and having fun. That’s the main thing isn’t it? But there is…

A Focus for Praying

21 June 2016 Reflection: Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my savior and my God. – Psalm 42:5. Give thanks for: Warm, safe and clean homes where we can grow in faith together. Christian Activists working for justice…

All Things New

5 March 2016 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone the new has come!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 There is a great richness in Paul’s letters. As he struggles to win over those who have been unsettled by other, maybe dubious, Christian preachers, Paul makes some of…