There are benefits to learning on the journey. Bumps, scrapes, bruises and scratches. Laughter, fun, joy and feasting. All of these and more feature on the journey. It won’t be the same for everyone. It won’t feel the same for everyone on the same track. Yet they may well benefit from what you learnt on […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: For Your JourneyIt’s a fascinating scenario. Jacob went to his Uncle Laban with little to his name and over 20 years later he’s married to Rachel and Leah, Laban’s daughters, with lots and lots of children. He is not just richer for the family he’s developed, he has proved himself to be a very savvy worker. Yet […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Not All Who Start Will See The FinishIt’s intriguing to reflect on the method in which progress is made in life’s journey. The desire of many parents is to know that their children have confident independence. There’s the gradual push away from the attachment and dependence for food, shelter and nurture. There is a strengthening of bonds by that initial nurturing, but […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Confident in DependenceIt might be a western expectation of how life should go, but here are a few basic requirements to live a successful life. As long as you emerge healthily. As long as you grow in a helathy way. As long as you attend and blend in well at school. As long as you get good […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Redefining SuccessWhat does it mean to acknowledge God in all of my ways? Earlier I was challenged about whether my life would really be that different without the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. How would my approach to work be different? How would the way I engage in family life be different? How would […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Worth AcknowledgingThe past is sometimes seen as a comfort to some. A place of refuge when bombarded with the issues and challenges of the present. The purpose of the past, however, is to provide an insight that can support the present, that can inform the present, that can inspire the present and that can give wisdom […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: When I Remember …We sat around the table and heard the state of affairs and it made me think. Honestly, the first thought was, ‘What on earth am I doing here? What have I got myself into?’ That was soon followed by the thought, ‘What is the quickest and best way to get out of this mess?’ After […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: What Stage?The two of us were reading a part of the Bible. It wasn’t a large part at all. A couple of small paragraphs. It launched a conversation that took well over an hour. Why it took so long was the desire to enjoy the riches in those short paragraphs. T was such a stimulating conversation […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Good Basis To Move FromIn his final address that is recorded in scripture, Joshua presented God’s account of the journey that His people had made to that point. It’s fascinating hearing God go through a history lesson of His ongoing faithfulness and a track record that saw His people reach the position where the land promised to their ancestors […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Past and ProgressMy Dad had an allotment when he was living in England. I’m not sure how long he had an allotment, but I do know that he had it for the years that we lived in one area of the town. So let’s say at least a decade. The allotment – a piece of land rented […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Developing an Orchard
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