What often triggers it is a visit to the school. There they all are in their uniform, diverse in shape, size, features and ethnicity though they are, they are all in a uniform and are expected to abide by the principles of the school. In itself there’s not too much disturbing about that even if […]
Read More ConformedMy friend would not feel comfortable sitting in on a church gathering that I’ve attended from time to time. It can come across as formulaic, the programme and structure appears to demand a certain formality. The way people dress doesn’t look too relaxed and being talked at for half an hour to 45 minutes is […]
Read More Intentional Investments in IntimacyWe were talking as we usually do and he mentioned something about someone being upset that they had not been contacted in a while. That started something off in me that was not going to settle down in a hurry. What was at stake was the very nature of church. For some it’s enough to […]
Read More There’s More To It Than That: Church AgainI love me some October. It’s a great month. It’s the official end of any hope of summer lingering. It’s the beginning of the cold coming in big time, meaning more warm clothes and reasons to stay inside in the company of good friends and family. It’s the beginning of the last quarter of the […]
Read More Hello October: Dryden Thinks Out LoudIt’s all the more fascinating reading the things Jesus says to the churches in the early part of Revelation. In as much as those messages were about conditions those churches experienced it still comes across as though Jesus is talking about the conditions that church can be in today. Reading the situation for Ephesus is […]
Read More Gotta Get Back To LoveThe church matters a great deal to me. My parents attended church throughout my years growing up in the household. I have thus been around church environments for a long time. One aspect of the church environment is leadership. I listened carefully to what this video had to say about church leadership. On the one […]
Read More About Church LeadershipJust some things that came to mind recently: The way we do things, is not the way things have always been done. Some of us worship the practice of the singing and dancing in that section of church services referred to as ‘praise and worship’. It’s not easy returning to something that was the cause […]
Read More Some Short ReflectionsWhat can a family look like when it comes to fruition? Not just the blood family, but a family of believers who grow together. One person’s idea of development can be very different to God’s. The person can be hung up on organisational affiliation but never actively address genuine spiritual development. Where God is very […]
Read More When We Come to Fruition (The Fruit Series 16)When he stepped into our home, he took his shoes off instinctively. He did it as if to suggest he already felt right at home. It was his first time round our place, but he helped himself to things as though he slept there and was another family member. He felt right at home. No […]
Read More Right At HomeI watched something recently that made me sad. I saw things that were meant to be so beautiful, corrupted by the pursuit of money and power. Relationships so sacred were sullied by deception. Interactions designed to help each other were full of mistrust and disrespect. Enforcing this was a system that was more concerned with […]
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