The discovery of the risen Christ on the first Easter Day gave his followers new hope and fresh purpose, and we can all take heart from this… As dark as death can be – particularly for those suffering with grief – light and life are greater. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Easter Message 2020 To what […]
Logos Bible Software is in the last few days of its August Sale. We rarely see discounts on base packages greater than this. Is now the time to get or upgrade Logos? davidould.net gets affiliate payments for every purchase made through this link. View all the August offers here. Want to talk about a particular […]
One of the ways that I keep this little site running is through being a Logos affiliate. Here’s the deals that they’re running in August. Every purchase made through davidould.net helps pay the bills! If you’re a theological student or faculty member there’s even deeper discounts available. Just get in touch and I’ll see what […]
One of the positive aspects of Facebook is that they allow you to run charity fundraisers with no cost to the charity, no fee taken for the service. For a few years now I’ve run a fundraiser every birthday month for Diamond Women, a group of dedicated professionals and individuals that seek to support and […]
Something just occurred to me about the Covid numbers we’re seeing here in NSW. Here’s the recent reported cases over the past 14 days: It’s a fascinating image. We see a clear start of the Omicron wave and then it appears to level out. Cases have floated around 20k/day for the last 3/4 days. But […]
A few weeks ago my wife and I had the great joy of going to see the musical Hamilton. We don’t go to the theatre much and these tickets were a lottery prize. As a result we got sat right in middle of the very front row. It’s not a seat that many would enjoy. […]
Thursday night saw Sparklit‘s annual Australian Christian Book of the Year award night. Here’s the full video of the evening: Many congratulations to the winner, Stephen McAlpine, for Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World that Says You Shouldn’t. His book was also the outstanding favourite amongst all our competition entries! So […]
Logos has announced another sale on it’s Bible software. 20% off is the most I’ve ever seen offered so if you’re thinking about getting Logos then now’s the time. All the links below are affiliate links that help fund davidould.net Read my last review of logos. Feel free to contact me if you want to […]
A short piece that I wrote today for our church weekly newsletter: It’s hard not to be moved by the terrible situation currently unfolding between Israel and the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip. I have no doubt that in a large and diverse church family such as St John’s that there will be a […]
An address given at the Parramatta ANZAC Day 2021 dawn service. On the 17th of May 1942 in a small mountain town in the heart of Austria my Grandfather, a recently ordained Lutheran minister by the name of Martin Kirchschlager, received his conscription notice into the Wehrmacht.He was not made a padre, a chaplain, as […]
