One of the instructions Jesus gives to those he sends out is to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. I’ve always been intrigued by this instruction. Having the savvy to deal with the ways of the world is certainly evident. People are as prone to acts of deceit as they are to kindness. […]
Read More GuilelessI tend to call my beloved wife, “Mrs MacGyver”. This is not because she’s married to MacGyver (to the best of my knowledge). It’s primarily because she displays such a spirit of make-do in whatever situation she finds herself. Her capacity to turn an seemingly empty kitchen into a belly filling gourmet delight leaves me […]
Read More ResourcefulAmericans. You have to love them. God says. Recently I watched a video that showed how just using the word buffalo can in itself make a perfectly legitimate sentence. This baffled me, until I was informed in said video that the word buffalo isn’t just a noun and an adjective, but it is also a […]
Read More BuffaloApparently the word excel refers to being superior or surpassing someone or something. Although I have done the competitive thing in sport from time to time, I am not big on being competitive. Yet if there is someone I compete against often, it is myself. Recently I recognised that I have been tremendously blessed in […]
Read More ExcelYesterday my first born child celebrated her ninth birthday. Deborah is very important to me because she’s my first born. At nine, she is no longer a fragile little baby needing to be fed and changed. In considering her development, I see someone who is more advanced than I was at her age, especially intellectualy. […]
Read More GrowingThe majority of my time awake in a week is not spent with my family. The majority of my time awake in a week is not spent in church. The majority of my time awake in a week is spent at work. I make a profession of faith to follow Jesus and follow His lead […]
Read More At Work For HimThe Problem With Sin Sin has a lot to answer for. I was reminded today of the corrosive effect sin has on people. Especially Christians. The story was that a man wanted to be the man he should be in his relationship with his wife. Unfortunately on one occasion he was unfaithful to his wife […]
Read More Looking For Real MenThe offer that Jesus made to the fishermen who formed a significant part of his apostolic team, remains an interesting one. My church background is one which has historically struggled in producing fishers of men. The typical progression route of males in the organisation is they’ll be in the children’s activities, and some will stick […]
Read More Fishers of MenA saying suggests there are only two things guaranteed in life – death and taxes. Reflecting on the experiences I’ve had and witnessed as a Christian, I’d suggest certain other things are as close to inevitable as you can get without dying of taxation. It’s Inevitable: You will be misunderstood when sharing your faith with […]
Read More It’s InevitableA few years ago I was interested in reading a few books on leadership in church. Not primarily because I saw myself as a leader, more because I’m interested in that kind of thing for insight. In what I read there was often the verse “Without a vision, the people perish.” This was used to […]
Read More Without A Vision … But Who Fills The Vision?
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