A crutch may help you to move, but it doesn’t help you to walk. I was reminded recently that the Christian faith is not about crutches. Jesus came to bring about wholeness. That was exemplified on occasions with those who previously could not walk being able to walk. He did not offer a crutch, indeed […]
Read More It’s Not About CrutchesSome things are meant to be. Lovely cliché. It fits nothing better than marriage. It still makes me sad hearing of and witnessing the end of marriages. Two people, two different lifestyles, two cultures, two worlds merging as one. Today my wife and I celebrate 12 years of marriage. I took it for granted because […]
Read More Grateful For 12Just looking at Jesus Christ and there’s so much to consider. So much wisdom – negotiating the traps and pitfalls put in His way from the start of His ministry to His ascension. So much grace – to embrace those who blatantly reject Him So much … For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. […]
Read More So Much …It’s not that difficult, really. You hear enough people saying it, you see someone preach up a storm about it, someone even sings a song with the concept in it and it must be true. You don’t really have the time to check it out for yourself. Over time it sinks in enough for you […]
Read More Assuming The BibleCertain episodes in scripture bug me. They don’t bug me because I don’t understand them. They bug me exactly because I do understand them. Jesus mentions that the world will know we are His followers by the way we love each other. That is to say in as much as people might observe glorious singing, […]
Read More Being With Perfectly Pleasant StrangersCensorship is an interesting issue. In some political regimes it is used as a form of social control. Anything that refuses to conform to a rule of being is to be banned. Those efforts to subdue freedom of thought and expression have at times lead to an underground movement of thought and expression that often highlight […]
Read More Living The Life UncensoredA wise man once told me that to understand things, sometimes you need to leave the area and reflect from a distance to get a wider perspective. Sometimes we’re so deep into the situation that our judgment is clouded by how close we are. Sometimes it’s good to take the hint and take a walk. […]
Read More Wider PerspectivesThere is a time and place. Having wandered around for so long and as people get tired and worn, it’s good to know there is a place where settling can take place. Roots can be established, norms can become entrenched, a stable inoffensive and unspectacular routine can be developed. Over time the settling mentality slowly […]
Read More Settlers and PioneersI am grateful for the variety of experiences that come in life. There are on the height of a mountain experiences. The sheer exhilaration of accomplishing a goal and looking at how vast the land of life looks from that perspective is brilliant. It’s a great position to get the degree of intimacy in the […]
Read More Mountains, Plains and ValleysThe offers at the store was to get two for £1. As John had change in various arrangements and he carefully sorted out the £3 he needed for two vegetarian sausage rolls, two traditional pasties a corned beef pasty and a spicy beef pasty. Having successfully received his order, he approached the counter to pay for […]
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