We were having a conversation about this child at school. To say he was unruly would be an understatement. It seems like it was his point of duty every day to disrupt. Sometimes verbally, but often physically. It didn’t bother him who he hit or hurt. And despite all of the problems he was bringing […]
Read More Suppress vs ExpressCrossing a line. There’s something about crossing a line suggesting that you were one thing and now you’re something different. There’s clarity in seeing things that way. It’s defined and clear. It’s why some prefer seeing thing in black and white rather than dealing with the grey areas of life. It’s one thing to see […]
Read More Sinner Saved, Follower FilledHere is some of what Christ-centred, Holy Spirit filled family means to me. Some make a big deal of their ethnicity, nationality and cultural background. It is crucial to shaping and defining their identity. It is such a big deal to some that the idea of something being more important than that and framing their worldview […]
Read More A New Kind of FamilyRecently I was thinking about what it is to live the Spirit-filled life. I had attended a church service, which, in my view, had a lot of good things were performance was concerned – acoustics, stagecraft, etc, but in terms of the human environment it seemed to be a little lacking. The service was somewhat […]
Read More What Did He Show You Today?It was the way he mentioned longing that really resonated with me. There’s been so much talk about feeling at home with your own culture. People wanting to return to where they’re comfortable and that comfort is defined by certain hallmarks of the background. Style of music, clothes, expression, etc. So much in the way […]
Read More LongingBroken. The pot was broken into little pieces. No one had an idea what to do, but it was clear that it could never be put back together again. It was broken too decisively. No craftsman or expert potter would be able to put that together again. Perhaps it would be better to just dispose […]
Read More Broken on PurposeYou ever come across someone outline something that takes place in a matter-of-fact kind of way and later reflect and actually wonder how on earth they did it? The Bible is good at that. All over the place things are recorded and relayed to us as though these are things that regularly happen. Take for […]
Read More A Word On Being LedIf I follow certain narratives of history, I could get the impression that it was easier back in the day. Who is he? He catches fish. Oh so he’s a fisherman. Yeah. And that’s how it will be for the rest of his life. He’ll be rough and coarse and used to the struggle because […]
Read More Who We Are and What We DoYou lied, despite all that was promised. You should have known better, but you completely denied all that and blatantly lied. That should have left you out of it. Yet you were still remembered and the promise was fulfilled. It could only be Unfailing Love. You tricked and schemed in a bid to let things […]
Read More Unfailing LoveTheir allure is great at the start. The fire burns fierce. Then it ebbs, then it flickers, then it peters out. It was worth something at the start, but lost its value over time. Some would evoke feelings for it as though it was something grand, something brilliant, something with such an essence that drew […]
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