Describe one positive change you have made in your life.
By far the most positive change I have made in my life was to accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. Back in July of 1989 I realised something was missing in my life. I came to realise that was Jesus. Like the image above, I gave Jesus my heart and life. Since this time I have tried my best to follow Him daily.
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If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?
I would want to be one of the earlier followers of Jesus from the Bible.
I would have liked to have been present at His miracles, His sermons and the every day conversations along the road or around the camp fire.
To be present to see Lazarus raised from the dead, the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, demons caste out and Jesus walking on the water would have been priceless.
I am so thankful we have these things recorded in the pages of the Bible, but to be there would have been amazing.
So who would I be from a book? One of Jesus’ early followers.
This is a great question. My mission was given to me many years ago in Perth. I was doing my morning devotions and a Bible passage really jumped out at me. The passage lit up on the page like a light was shinning on it. And the words looked bigger like a magnifying glass was put over them.
The passage was 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 NLT. It says…
“And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. [19] For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. [20] So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
This is when I felt God call me to ministry. In my heart I knew I had to tell people about Jesus and help them to follow Him. This started through my local church and several years later through PASSIONAustralia.org.
So since 1996 I have been doing my best to fulfil the mission God has given me. Some times has been in a full time role like a Pastor or a Chaplain, but mostly it has been as a Lay Preacher while working part time in secular work.
So what is my mission? I am an ambassador for Christ helping people be reconciled to Himself. I help them put the pieces of faith together to find Christ.
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
My perfect writing space would be were I was overlooking water. I find being near water very relaxing.
When I was younger it would have been on a country property overlooking a dam or a lake. But as I get older it could be from an apartment in the city overlooking water.
When talking with family and friends and we daydream a bit, I say I would buy a unit in South Perth where I can see the river and the city like the image below.
Looking at Perth city from the South Perth foreshore
My favourite reading place would be the same. I would have a comfortable chair near the window where I could look out the window for a break.
So where would my perfect reading and writing space be? Somewhere where I can overlook water. My perfect space would be less about the desk and chair and more about the view.
