Not everyone is the organised type. You know the type. Those who have schedules, timetables, plans and charts that more or less shape their lives from the time they wake out of their slumber at the precise time they scheduled to the timed moment at which they will go to sleep. You call them up […]
Read More That Must Be Really Important To YouHow do you know when you’re made to feel welcome? What do you look for? Jesus was made to feel welcome whenever he visited a place called Bethany. He knew he would be welcome there because of three people – Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha evidently took a leading role in hospitality. She knew that […]
Read More Is He Welcome Here?Who was that? Coming towards them in the distance was a figure on a horse. As they looked closer they noticed it was a familiar figure. Every time they had been to Shunem, she had always looked after them. Such a generous hostess. A room with a bed and table. That kind of hospitality had […]
Read More Something About Her PersistenceEpisodes in scripture are fascinating to reflect on what they say about the human condition. There is this particular episode that features the man who would be king, David. He is not king. He is a fugitive from the law. The king is the law and that king has seen David as a threat and […]
Read More Abigail: A Wise WomanTrust is a remarkable quality to exercise. Giving someone or something a great deal of confidence in a given matter or area of life to produce a desired outcome is not something to belittle or easily dismiss. It’s amazing seeing that exercise of trust when a small child will play with a parent and fall […]
Read More Who Rules? You Can Trust GodFear is a great way of preventing good. One of its many guises is procrastination. Operating under the motto, why do today what can be put off until tomorrow, it is skilled and accomplished in creating reasons and justification for avoiding what is for our good, for our progress and for the process of peace […]
Read More Set Free From … ProcrastinationIt sounded very compelling. People listened attentively. There was what appeared to be the right mix of factual sources and emotional appeal. The people were on side. This had to happen. At that point a voice piped up. The voice asked questions challenging the substance of the appeal. The voice referred to a greater authority […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Wisdom – The Voice That Pipes UpShe is someone who serves. She is someone who is alert and aware of things before other people are. That description could fit the woman who was the first to see that Peter had miraculously been released from prison. It also fitted a modern paragon of a godly woman in an ungodly world. My experience […]
Read More Everybody Needs A Rhoda (Part 2)Their guy was in prison. It did not look good. One of their own had already suffered a state execution. That decision had gone down well with the establishment. The man in charge was keen to add their guy to the list. Although the festival meant a stay of execution, it was surely a matter […]
Read More Everybody Needs A Rhoda (Part 1)Most people understandably avoided engaging in too much of a conversation with me on the matter. After all, she had just died and it’s a sensitive time. It’s not easy to know how to engage with people other than to offer condolences. So I appreciated this one friend actually have a conversation with me without […]
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