Talk Is Rich

One of the saddest things anyone can tell me is that talk is cheap. I know where they’re coming from. They have the emotional scars to prove it, so I don’t dispute that experience. It’s a sad thing to hear, because talk at it’s best is designed to be enriching, not cheap at all. In […]

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Grounded to Learn Faithfulness

Back in the day, it was a legitimate threat to us as children. If we didn’t comply we would be grounded. That was serious. That meant we would not be able to go out and have fun with our friends. It meant I couldn’t go to the library and enjoy time with those beautiful books. […]

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Suppress vs Express

We were having a conversation about this child at school. To say he was unruly would be an understatement. It seems like it was his point of duty every day to disrupt. Sometimes verbally, but often physically. It didn’t bother him who he hit or hurt. And despite all of the problems he was bringing […]

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Be A Good HOST – Conclusion?

There is a derisory phrase used by some to comment on someone drastically changing their mind on a matter. The term is that such a person has had a ‘come to Jesus’ moment. It’s interesting that this practice is used for satirical or cynical reasons. It’s interesting because the invitation to come to Jesus is […]

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Sharing: A Conversation Piece

It’s a skill. It’s a gift. It’s something wonderful to experience. You just have to give some people the slightest opportunity and they will get to chatting for ages. They will talk and talk and talk and talk and it’s a great effort for them to finally reach the end of what they’re saying. Then […]

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Be A Good HOST – Trust

Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46 NLT) Trusting someone is one of the hardest things in life. It’s something that is done consciously and unconsciously at various levels. Knowing what you’re doing when it comes to trust, speaks volumes of what is […]

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Be A Good HOST – Submission

There are words that don’t have an appeal in the modern world. One of those words is submission. Plenty of reasons why that is the case and some of them are rooted in the misuse and active abuse of the term to refer to oppressive and derogatory relationships. In an era where self-realisation and equality […]

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