There are ways to make progress in vocations. It’s not just to know what that vocation is, it is to also know some of the basic routines to implement that will allow you to go from good to excellent. The sportsman trains and practices their basics. The chef learns and practices their basics. The writer […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: BasicsWhen are we going to get to the good stuff? You know. All of the neat tricks and sweet technique that they use? When are we going to get to do that? All we ever seem to do are the basics. Again and again. We’ve got it already. When can we get on to the […]
Read More You Got It? Good. We’re Gonna Do It AgainIt is so simple. Steady yourself in the upright position. Tentatively balance yourself. Lift the right leg and put it down in front of you. Maintain that balance in the new position. Steadily ease off with the left leg and place it in front of the right leg. Maintain the balance in the new position. […]
Read More One Step After the OtherAnd God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, […]
Read More What Is Fruit? (The Fruit Series 01)Recently my wife and I spent some time together up in West Yorkshire. For those of you who don’t know, this is a part of England that has beautiful hills and valleys. It’s gloriously picturesque although at times likely to be affected by rain. Not that Authrine and I were put off by the rain […]
Read More What? Again?So I spent February in the book of Matthew and March going through Proverbs. April sees a break from the month long series on a particular theme. There might be little themes cropping up and the occasional mini-series, but it’s a breather, to get some odd bits and pieces that rattling along in the mental […]
Read More Don’t Take It For Granted – What Is Prayer?Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) The purpose of Proverbs is for readers to recognise what it takes to be and speak wise and thus aspire to wisdom above everything. Throughout the book it has not been an exercise of the head, but a commitment on […]
Read More MTP31 – The Foundation of WisdomI’m sure there was a song that surrounded a similar question, can’t remember who did it now, but it was something rap related. I love this question and it was questions like this that got me alive to dig for something a lot more to life than the mediocrity I witnessed around that. I’d be […]
Read More What’s The Meaning of LifeI found this to be a fascinating set-up in terms of getting people’s opinions on the identity of Jesus. Back to what I’ve said recently, these questions are not worth taking for granted. On the other hand, it’s also not worth getting too hung up about so as not to get te level of peace […]
Read More Who Is Jesus?I did a public prayer for the first time in ages recently and it was weird. Weird in the sense that there are certain factors that you consider when you do a public prayer that you might not consider in a private closet prayer. In as much as it’s a prayer to God on behalf […]
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