It’s funny. I used to think I was a loner. Then I discovered I was a loner who needed to not be alone. Then I found myself in a situation where I was not alone but I felt a loner once more. Recently a few of my friends and I studied about relationship dynamics in […]
Read More Reflections of a LonerIt doesn’t happen overnight. The thought of it happening quickly or instantly is one that proves to be very alluring indeed. A man is sick, a prayer is made, the man is healed. Job done. Everyone happy, praise God. That’s not always how God operates. In fact quite often there are things he will say […]
Read More In It For The Long HaulThis blog entry is inspired by a statement made by someone for whom my admiration has sky-rocketed over the past decade. (You know who you are, Your Majesty.) That inspiration was relatively straightforward – your burden is your assignment. By which the meaning is that whatever bugs you and bothers you and pesters you and […]
Read More Your Burden Is Your AssignmentCertain words used to be mentioned frequently, then went slightly out of fashion, then got a reboot before falling into some disarray and then going through the cycle again. One of those words in my brief sojourn on the planet so far is the word repentance. To remind/inform you, my context of upbringing was in […]
Read More About RepentanceI am fussy on quite a number of things. More fussy than I admit at times. That has sometimes limited my experience. I appreciate all the more how difference and a variety of it can be beneficial. Take church for example. I grew up with a limited and limiting perspective on the Body of Christ. […]
Read More Thank God for … VarietyThere is a lot to do. No doubt about that. I can understand the almost unrelenting drive to keep on doing something as there is always something to do. You can see it, whether you’re alone or with a family. Just thinking about it is hard work. Financial, physical, intellectual, social, domestic, etc. The laundry, […]
Read More Managing RestTime, resources, relationships and self. Key elements that can thrive under great management to the benefit of many. Key elements that lead to tremendous misery and disaster when poorly managed. Interwoven in these key elements is the concept of responsibility. My interaction with responsibility has been strange over the years. When I was a child […]
Read More Managing Responsibilities“What do you want to do?” “I don’t know, whatever you want.” “I think we should get rid of those and then get these.” “Sure thing, whatever you want to do.” “We want to have this person in place.” “Well at the end of the day, it’s up to you. I will abide by the […]
Read More Why So Passive?Accommodate – give space for, allow room for someone or something. Acclimatise – process of getting used to new conditions. Assimilate – take on the aspects, behaviours and values of the new environment often resulting in resembling the environment. Those are the thoughts that go on in my head when I consider these three terms. […]
Read More Accommodate, Acclimatise, AssimilateThere are times when I have a dim outlook on the way things are. Take the Pastor-centric perspective on church. So much is expected of an individual far beyond any biblical outline for a role. In some contexts such is the exalted position that it’s almost like they are gods among mere mortals whose diktat […]
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