It came to me when I woke up this morning. First of all it was the tune. There have been quite a few versions of the song, but the one that was fresh in my mind because it was the one that I had listened to most often was the one by Michael McDonald and […]
Read More Stop, Look and Listen To God’s HeartRT @lensweet Being a “good Christian” (ie “good Methodist,” “good Catholic,” “good Baptist”) is not the same as being a follower of Jesus So I come across this superb tweet by the incomparable Leonard Sweet. Being the good tweeter that I am I go on to retweet it. A beloved sister notes it and queries […]
Read More Being ‘A Good Christian’ vs. Following JesusThere is comfort in the simple things. Keeping things simple means, so the thinking goes, that we can address things just as simply. So all I want is something to eat. So as long as it’s edible and available, I eat and my hunger is satisfied. Simple. I do believe aspects of the human experience […]
Read More Reflecting On The Complexity Of HumanityEvery day I am in a place to realise there is so much more to learn about love. Sure, love is about giving, yet the whole thing about it is what to give and how to give it. When it comes to long term relationships, I cannot afford to rest on what was done in […]
Read More Living to Love and Learning to LoveIt is rather intriguing how narrow my worldview can be. I have a tendency to be fairly insular and have in the past considered myself a bit of an introvert. My recollection of childhood is one where I was familiar with the floors of many places, because I didn’t really have the confidence to look […]
Read More Embracing God’s Gifts In All Its GuisesConfession time. The main overseer of the denomination in which I was brought up passed away recently. Last night I discovered that Larry Hagman, the man who was J.R. also passed away. The death of Hagman had a bigger impact on me than the death of the overseer. Yes, I accept what a sad indictment […]
Read More Knowing You and Missing YouOne of the reasons why I love my wife is because we have conversations that can lead to blog entries. There are other reasons – she is beautiful after all – but this is a good reason for the purposes of this entry. We spoke of a hypothetical situation. Here is the situation. Ron and […]
Read More When Do You Blow The Whistle?Permit me a football reference just at the beginning of this entry. Thank you. Rafa Benitez was appointed the new manager of Chelsea on Wednesday (if like me, you enjoy football, you can read more about it here). He had a press conference yesterday. I find press conferences fascinating. It is not an interview. A […]
Read More Thinking Things ThroughIn itself there is nothing wrong with forms and routine. We are conditioned towards them even through things like day following night, winter and then summer and so on. There are rhythms of life that rightly help us determine what is going on. There is a problem, however, when the form becomes a formula and […]
Read More Faith Beyond The FormulaicNo one knows how long they will live. The invincibility of youth is only pierced by the occasional reminders of mortality when the peers are cut off in their prime. Other than that it is a time for planning and achieving and being everything great without a hint that will ever end. But it will […]
Read More Reaching Half-Way
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