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Homesick for Our Own Land?
Since reading a poem at our church’s Australia Day celebration this week, I’ve been thinking about my attitude to my heavenly home. The poem was written by a famous Australian when she was 19 years old, and visiting England. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Colour' poem, 'I vow to thee my country' hymn, A Land of Peace, Australia Day, bushfires, Cecil Spring-Rice, Dorothea Mackellar, Jesus is coming to take us back to His home, John 14:3 in the Easy-to-Read Version of the Bible, loss, My Country poem, our heavenly home
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Knowing Where We Come From
Light shone through from the front veranda as the owner led me along the hallway. I noticed the lovely stained-glass windows around the door. Devonscot, meaning ‘Devon Cottage’, was the home of John Western, who arrived in Australia from England … Continue reading