There was something about the prayer life of Jesus that fascinated His disciples. There was something about His regular commitment to interaction with His Father that intrigued His followers. Could the same be said about His followers today? Lots of activities and well-meaning folks dedicating a lot of time to make sure those activities are […]
Read More Are They Intrigued By Your Priority?We didn’t go away for long. We were back within a week. Yet when we got back, it felt like we had been out of the loop for ages. I personally appreciated coming across the new friends we made when we were away. It is good to visit new places and connect and appreciate new […]
Read More Keep In Touch: Longing For That FamilySo. People get excited by a vision. In a certain period of time we will achieve this. After a particular portion of time we will be here. Follow me for a future where this and that and the other will be realised. Nothing wrong with that to a degree. I was reading the biblical narrative […]
Read More Looking To Him For How Far To LookConsider the following scenario: The speaker was engaging and entertaining. He reached that part where the music began to kick in. Then the singers began softly singing that song that the people had particularly enjoyed which conveniently also fit the wha tthe speaker had said. This time it wasn’t played in the upbeat way it […]
Read More Do They Need To Be In ‘Our Atmosphere’?To the best of my knowledge, there were less than a dozen of us. At times there might have been more than that and if visitors and guest came in, it could literally be up to three times that number. Regularly though, on a week to week basis, I don’t think there were more than […]
Read More Wait A Minute – Just That One Guy?Apparently the view changes as you grow up. There was this thing about growing up in my childhood days. First it was about actual height and then it was the perks of what comes with being a grown up. As the middle child in the family, I’d look up to my sister as she got […]
Read More View: Up and AlongsideWho I am flows from where I come from. My heritage shapes me. There are character traits that can be traced to the source of my being. This is why it’s important for me to know where I come from and what has shaped the context of the story that I find myself in. It’s […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Which Heritage Matters?I know my Mum was praying for years. Both my parents were praying, don’t get me wrong, but my Mum in particular was very clear in her prayer for her children. We would sometimes have family prayer and every now and then we would hear Mum make that prayer for her children. And she didn’t […]
Read More The Process and the Turning PointThey do it for the sake of doing it. It’s what they’ve always done and so when this happens, it’s what they do. Yet there was always that word – why. Why are we doing this? Failure to satisfactorily answer that question often led to anger at the question. How dare the regular activities that […]
Read More Keep On Asking: What’s The Point?You ever see someone come back from an injury too quickly? The player suffered the injury and it put him out of the game for a long time. Everyone was keen for him to make a full recovery, but the medical team and the coach depended on the player to be truthful in sharing the […]
Read More The Rise After The Fall Comes When We Fall To Be Risen
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