Bad days. Those days when, with the best intentions in the world, things just go bonkers wrong. Best laid plans and everything go up in smoke. Folks to connect with are not available and the desire to be helpful fails in an epic manner. Just want to be in a huff and shut out the […]
Read More When I Am Sad, He Makes Me GladThey stand up to give a hearty applause. Here in Britain, we are approaching the end of the Autumn Conference season. By that I am referring to that time of year where the major political parties have their gatherings. There was first the Liberal Democrats, then last week there was Labour and this week it’s […]
Read More Heartily Applauding The LeaderExploring this particular habit is very close to my heart for a lot of reasons. The first thing to address, though, is about the holy habits themselves. There are some things we develop and cultivate rather simply and easily. There are parallels between a number of natural habits and holy habits. For example it doesn’t […]
Read More Holy Habits: WordLately I have been considering the issue of holy habits and shared a little about it by way of a prelude. It is my intention to get into the habits in more detail as the blog entries come and go. At the moment though, I want to delve a little bit further into the issue […]
Read More Holy Habits: Why Be Holy? Like Father …My oldest daughter could declare firmly that she knew that this was something her Dad always did. I know, because she used that classic phrase, ‘if there’s one thing I know about …’ That’s always a good indication. She then proceeded to accurately nail down what her Dad was like, because it was indeed something […]
Read More Holy HabitsI love small gatherings of believers. Sure large gatherings have their place and I am sure people enjoy that. I love small gatherings. Among the many things I love is how those gatherings can be prime ground for relationships to blossom simply by giving space for people to pour into each other. We respect each […]
Read More Pouring Out …That’s quite a trek. Plenty of twists and turns on the path and it doesn’t look like there is any safety on either side of the path. One false step could lead to harm or worse. So for a journey like this it’s good to know it doesn’t need to be done alone. When that […]
Read More Walking With …I have decided to follow Jesus I have decided to follow Jesus I have decided to follow Jesus No turning back, no turning back When I was a lot younger I heard gatherings of saints belt these words out with gusto. There were other words to the song declaring sole allegiance to Jesus against all […]
Read More I Have Decided … And Keep DecidingPianists and guitarists have my unswerving admiration. Both musicians have a gift for creating soundscapes that few other instrumentalists can manage. There’s always been something I found interesting between the guitar and the keyboard. That large piece of equipment in the keyboard always appeared to require a lot to it. Whereas the guitar was a […]
Read More Guitars or Keyboards: Creating the Environment for …We were returning from a good night out with the brothers. I turned to my dear friend and said something about how precious and important that time was. He looked knowingly at me and mentioned something about Total Church. The phrase echoed in my mind. My good friend could say that phrase because we share […]
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