Basing life purely off what your senses pick up must be quite draining. Really and truly we don’t just base life off that. There are some things that support that. There are some ideas that underpin our views, even if they’re mixed and somewhat confused if you were to consider them carefully. There might be […]
Read More You’re Better Off Believing?There is a sort of intellectual agnosticism that has a problem with some expressions of faith. It is not outright atheism because it is not so committed to ruling out divine influences. Its content knowing that there’s things beyond its understanding. Maybe there’s divinity somewhere, maybe not, but they don’t get hung up on it. […]
Read More Is It The Hope That Kills You?Consistency. Before I appreciated faithfulness, there was the term consistency. My Dad is the first model of consistency I have. Subsequently I’d appreciate the faithfulness too, but it was the consistency at first. Certain things would be done every day. Certain things would be done every week. Certain characteristics could be expected in response to […]
Read More Celebrating Consistency: A Blog RetrospectiveRecently I was sharing about how it takes more than time to build faith. It takes a lot of help. What follows are just some things that helped and helps me. Not that I’ve reached the peak and am the great expert on this matter, but looking back and looking around I can certainly see […]
Read More Help in the Faith BuildingIt really is remarkable. We can see so many awesome things take place around us and still have a negative mind-set on things. You can witness the miracle of childbirth and still grow to hate the child AND the one who gave birth to the child. You can enjoy the delight of a wonderful meal […]
Read More What Will It Take To Build Faith?The day is long and exhausting. All I want to do at the end of it is to rest. And the end of it can be fairly late on. There’s the time invested in the workplace. There’s the quality time with the children. There’s the conversations with other loved ones. It is not a chore, […]
Read More Sunrise on OpportunityCan you imagine this? You’re a great leader. You’re at the forefront of a movement that has seen you defy all the odds. The greatest power of the day came to nothing because of the meek and humble approach with which you challenged them for the sake of justice. Now a people that were oppressed […]
Read More See It Then Live ItThere is comfort in the familiar. Take your daily routine. There might be minor variations on it, but there’s something reassuring that you know what time you’ll wake up, how you’ll drag yourself to have a shower, then you’ll get your clothes on and might grab some breakfast, say good morning to the children waking […]
Read More That’s UnprecedentedPerspective is quite something. We get an intimate close up. A man and his wife were living with his father’s family. Moving around with him from place to place. Eventually his father passes on and he hears a call to take his family to a different place to be given to them. He embarks on […]
Read More All That And You’re Only Just BeginningOne of the things I like about blogs and podcasts is the ability to check the archives. I’ve been on a really extensive enjoyment of podcasts in recent months. I feel late to the party, but that’s not unusual. There are podcasts that I prefer to listen to the latest episodes, but some have me […]
Read More The Importance of the Team Theme
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