My Dad had an allotment when he was living in England. I’m not sure how long he had an allotment, but I do know that he had it for the years that we lived in one area of the town. So let’s say at least a decade. The allotment – a piece of land rented […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Developing an OrchardShe is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. The man was so excited with the one the Creator had made to come alongside him. The one who would commpliment him and be integral to fulfilling the blessing of being fruitful, multiplying, subduing and ruling. He grew to appreciate that he couldn’t do […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: That Will Help, MateShe said, ‘alignment’. I knew what she meant at the time. What she described was very familiar to me. She wanted to do something but felt a restraint on doing it because she wasn’t in line with what was right for the time. It would be more about he impulses and desires, rather than genuinely […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: In StepNobody told me that the road would be easy, I don’t believe He brought me this far to leave me. (James Cleveland) In my childhood days I heard a gospel group’s recording of this song and the lead singer had a great vocal howl and screech. They would repeat that last line and I can […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: For the Trouble Ahead and the Joy BeyondIt’s all there. It just needs to be worked out. One of the most frustrating words in the English language is ‘potential’. Hours and hours are devoted to what could be. You see someone, you come across a group of people, you observe a situation and you have a sense of what could happen. You […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Work It OutFor a while she had a problem. Her problem was that in as much as we were married, it felt like something that was real in name only. She lived with him. They slept in the same bed together. Occasionally they even talked. For all of that, though, she felt like he was still looking […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: She Is With Me On The JourneyRecently the journey explored the tragedy of Israel’s failings in keeping a faithful covenant relationship with God. That failing expressed throughout their history from their wilderness experiences, to their early years in the Promised Land even to the age of the kings and the return of the people from exile. It was not relayed to […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Cut the Ties to Progress Pt. 2Treaties and Alliances: Solomon was said to be the wisest man. His wisdom was known throughout a wide region in his day and the legacy impacted people for generations afterwards and still influences people today. For all that wisdom, however, he sowed the seeds to his own demise with his collection of wives. Those wives […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Cut the Ties to Progress Pt. 1You’re not done yet. You haven’t quite reached. There’s still something further on. But there’s something preventing you making progress. There’s a hindrance. Are you willing to look at what it is that’s stopping you? Are you prepared to do what it takes to remove whatever it is that is stopping you? Are you? (Photo […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: Restricted ProgressIt was interesting being taught to say thanks as I grew up. It became such an established thing to say that it annoyed a few people around me at various stages as well as made others see me as odd. Why would I say thank you for virtually everything?It seemed unnecessary. It’s one thing to […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: The Heart of Gratitude
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