Kristina Trott
Letter 6 to my friend with cancer
We had noisy miners nesting in the lillipilli tree in our rear neighbour’s yard. The babies of the noisy miners cheep cheep cheep...
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Kristina Trott
Nov 142 min read
Letter 5 to my friend with cancer
I had grown up in Newcastle where there were many collieries and I was fortunate enough to be able to often go deep into the earth and...
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Kristina Trott
Nov 123 min read
Letter 4 to my friend with cancer
All my thoughts on healing I’m passing on to you. I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but it doesn’t hurt to hear this over and over...
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Kristina Trott
Nov 102 min read
Letter 3 to my friend with cancer
“Canker” is the old English word for “cancer” It’s derived from the Greek Καρκίνος (Karkinos) and is actually how “cancer” was...
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Kristina Trott
Nov 72 min read
Letter 2 to my friend with cancer
I’m in a quandary about Christmas presents for the grandies and have been told that for one, only choose cute and fluffy miniature...
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Kristina Trott
Oct 261 min read
Celebrating the life of a man of God
Today 26.10.24 we held a memorial for Kenneth David Chant, a man who devoted his long life to living for God. I thought his last words in...
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Kristina Trott
Oct 212 min read
Beware of false teachers
Last Saturday I watched my electorate vote. They have invariably voted one way since 1973 (with one exception) but following an...
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Kristina Trott
Oct 62 min read
Getting older and remaining young
12 But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. 13 For they are transplanted to the...
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Kristina Trott
Sep 122 min read
Living in the unseen reality of faith
My internet feed is full of items that I must purchase to be healthy, wealthy or wise, of people living the dream whether it be...
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Kristina Trott
Sep 73 min read
Encountering God brings change
In our culture we’ve so removed the meaning of what a teacher should be. I’ve been in education for most of my working life and watched...
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Kristina Trott
Aug 66 min read
Who fights your battles?
10 “Last of all I want to remind you that your strength must come from the Lord’s mighty power within you. 11 Put on all of God’s armor...
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Kristina Trott
Aug 53 min read
A reflection on old age
This last week I met up with a well-respected minister in the Pentecostal tradition. He is 92 years old and has spent his entire life...
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Kristina Trott
Jul 72 min read
Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance. 16 In Your name they rejoice...
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Kristina Trott
Jun 212 min read
A fresh look at holiness?
This morning I meditated on Isaiah 52:10 and the holiness of God really hit home in a way I hadn’t realised before: The LORD will lay...
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Kristina Trott
May 142 min read
Mount Gerizim and you
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now...
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Kristina Trott
May 132 min read
Jesus the Lamb of God
Paul McCartney famously said that if slaughterhouses had glass walls no one would eat meat. Images of animals being killed are...
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Kristina Trott
Mar 242 min read
Palm Sunday
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the never-ridden foal of a donkey, people shouted and waved palm fronds. A large crowd of Passover...
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Kristina Trott
Mar 123 min read
There is more
I’m in education. I’ve established schools from kindergarten to Year 12, vocational colleges, ELICOS institutions and higher education...
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Kristina Trott
Feb 263 min read
Blind Bartimaeus teaches us what faith is
Jesus had left Jericho and was steadfastly walking up to Jerusalem and to the cross. In Mark 10;46-52 we have the story of a blind man...
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Kristina Trott
Jan 183 min read
Humble Nehemiah vs. Ambitious John and James: Unveiling Leadership Lessons in Servanthood
I’ve got Bibles scattered all over my house so that I can read one whenever I sit down. Today I read an excerpt about the rebuilding the...
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