When he sat down after the long day at work, he reflected on all he had. A beautiful wife who patiently tended to his needs and accepted his hard work. Beautiful children who loved to see him and took pleasure in confiding their issues to him, because he was a loving and reliable father. A […]
Read More Damaged Goods in Sophisticated Settings: Why People Need The LordOne of the things I love about the collection of books that makes up the Bible we read is that they are full of stories. I am very sure that if it was just a statistical book it would be very boring and unlikely to transform anyone. Yet the power is in the story. Something […]
Read More God’s Story, Our Story For Their Story – Not Cutting A Long Story ShortThe set-up is straight forward. I give one extreme, I give the opposite extreme, you agree that they are extreme and we agree that we should shift from them both and find the middle ground. That is applied to a number of arguments. In a lot of cases, it makes sense. It works. It’s applicable. […]
Read More It Is Not Always About Finding The Middle GroundIt is not bad talking of legacy. I used to hang around with a guy who was keen to ensure he left a positive legacy for the generations that followed him. He is a father of three and his work allowed him to take on others as followers who he mentored. So he talked of […]
Read More Fussing Over Legacy? Focus on Being Fruitful and FaithfulSomeone asked me to prepare to talk about the gospel with some people who had not heard it, or had not heard in a long time. It is a pleasant challenge, but one that I’m fairly familiar with, as I’m of the impression that opportunities may occur every day to engage in a conversation about […]
Read More Remember: The Good News Is Bad NewsWhen I woke up this morning, it slowly occurred to me that I am not the centre of the universe. At times with the life I live and how wrapped up I get in my thoughts, it can certainly appear that way, and I can behave in a way that suggests how mystified that the […]
Read More I Refer You To Church In A Circle …I just could not do it any more. One of my (many) problems is that I am not really the confrontational type. I can be brusque and up front and blunt when I want to be, and I’ve been informed that I can appear somewhat intimidating at times, though I put that down to the […]
Read More Compassion or ComplacencyAbigail, is our precious 6 year-old middle daughter. As you can appreciate leaving a place where she was accustomed and had made friends and moving to a strange new place, can be discomforting, traumatic and unnerving. In a previous school she had suffered from some of the effects of the trauma of the new and […]
Read More Celebrating God’s Achievements In Your LifeOne of the reasons I am grateful for God in my life, is because God teaches me to love. It is not that I was unaware of love before I consciously aware of God. It is more the case that my appreciation and awareness of love is far greater as I grow in knowing what […]
Read More How God’s Grace Helps In Relational PerspectivesI was sitting down in a section of the day’s church gathering that they called the Divine Worship. As is my wont, I made notes of what the preacher was saying. As I listened and noted and also considered the rest of the session and indeed the service, there was something gnawing at me. The […]
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