There is an interesting approach to life that says it’s good to believe the best and expect the worst. This is applied particularly to whatever requires interaction with others. When we believe in the best, it expresses the part in us that believes we can work together coherently and produce the goods. We believe it, […]
Read More JJ 24 #29: Trust Us to be Typically HumanWe have a role to perform in life. The challenge is not to make it an act. Knowing Jesus as the way, the truth and the life challenged me to discover which part of me was just an act. I had a problem with that for a while. Putting on the act appeared to have […]
Read More JJ 24 #26: The Real DealI really enjoy football, as much for the drama around it as for the actual game. One master operator in the drama over the last two decades or so has undoubtedly been my favourite manager of my lifetime: Jose Mourinho. In one of his stints managing Chelsea (it’s alright if you have no idea what […]
Read More JJ 24 #17: Specialist in RighteousnessThere’s a lot to be said about the way things are presented. I am not a style guy. It took other people to kindly help me gain an appreciation for being presentable when it came to clothes selection. To this day, I’m largely unfussed with clothing. The main things for me are comfort and fit […]
Read More JJ 24 #16: Substance over StyleI understand to a degree. Someone who was close and precious to you, left an indelible mark on your life and cannot be forgotten – the loss of that person is seismic. And it appears reassuring to know that beyond the dead that loved one is looking on. That the presence of that loved one […]
Read More JJ 24 #13: We Shall See Him As He IsIt’s possible to go through a day without music. I’m just not sure if it’s that much better a day without it. There’s the music that’s heard. I love listening to the music. The way the instruments are crafted together in the amazing soundscapes that I applaud. The way they craft the lyrics that evokes […]
Read More JJ 24 #12: As The Music PlaysThey vie for your attention. You cannot give it to them. It is an episode referred to often when looking at the life of Nehemiah. That episode namely being how he was being enticed to leave his work to deal with distractions deliberately set up by his opponents. Some of those who opposed him were […]
Read More JJ 24 #11: This Requires FocusOne of the worst ways to describe someone is, lazy. There’s an equally dangerous extreme to address where someone is so devoted to working that it consumes all their time and everything else is relegated to just working. That’s something not always addressed or obvious because there’s a sort of understanding of the value and […]
Read More JJ 24 #09: Rest to WorkIt was not unusual that they were men in suits. Suits were the dress code for men in that gathering. What marked them out, though, was that at a given time during the singing, these select men would pick up their briefcases and file through to another room in the building. Then after a while, […]
Read More JJ 24 #08: The Value of CounselMy Dad was not a storyteller. Not in my recollection anyway. I don’t remember particularly for being a wordsmith whether in written or spoken terms. In the church, his role as a deacon saw him do more than he said and he appeared very content with that. There were opportunities where he’d speak in moderating […]
Read More JJ 24 #06: The Story on the Journey
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