Jericho was secure. There was no way those strange people who had done a runner from Egypt were going to get into this land. Just no way, because these walls made them secure. What was Rahab? She was just a prostitute. What did she know about things? She might have picked up on the gossip […]
Read More Rahab: A Faith That LiberatesRighteousness, peace and joy. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. Humility, affinity, meekness, hunger for righteousness, merciful, purity, peacem-making. If someone said that they could create and cultivate a community based on these values, would this be of interest to you? If someone said that they would embody, express and empower […]
Read More Who Rules? A Matter of ValueMy wife has reached a significant milestone in her life’s journey. She thought, after taking advice, that it would be a good idea to mark the occasion with one of those Zoom parties. It was amazing seeing a selection of the lives that she has touched. These people ranged in background and personality. Folks connected […]
Read More Like The River Flow, You May Never Know …That would be ideal. And that ideal seemed so far away. He could understand why his children argued, because much as he tried, he couldn’t help getting into arguments with his wife as well. He tried his best to remain civil. He tried his best to count to ten and bite his lip. But she […]
Read More Family Formation: 05 – Vision of the Flourishing FamilyAbraham had to admit it. God said it and God came through. He said a year after that encounter, Sarah would give him a son. Sure enough a year later and at his advanced age in life, he welcomed his son into the world. Isaac was a fitting name for someone who would bring laughter […]
Read More Abraham: Can You Let Go Of The Promise?It is just this. Only this. Nothing else but this. That’s it, that’s all. If you were to come across such a statement what would you put as the ‘it’? What does it all come down to for you where when everything else is stripped away that which remains is the only thing that mattered? […]
Read More Does It All Come Down to This?From the father to the son. From the mother to the daughter. From the aunts and uncles to the nieces and nephews. The children have never been on the earth before. The grown ups have traversed across the earth for a while longer. The young have much to learn from the elders. Yet the elders […]
Read More Family Formation: 04 – Age to AgeI don’t get God sometimes. Abram was with his wife and had to leave the and they were in because of a great famine. They rocked up in Egypt and Abram was very concerned for his own safety. To cover himself and avoid the threat of death due to the physical beauty of his wife, […]
Read More Abraham: Lying and Blessing?It’s one of the best things about praying together. Praying together and joining our hearts and minds on the same matter can cultivate a closer relationship with those in the group. That closer relationship can give permission for greater vulnerability and honesty. So it was as we connected to pray that one of the group […]
Read More The Difference A Word Can MakeHe spoke, He created, He cultivated. Oftentimes in speaking it was a clear instruction as to what should happen. Yet when it came to humanity, it wasn’t just a command, it was a conversation, a consultation an internal dialogue that struck upon a great idea for who should look after everything that was created on […]
Read More Family Formation: 03 – Connecting, Constructive Communication
