Timing is crucial of course. Yet there is something about reaching a place where you’re grateful for all that you’ve gained and learned in one place, but it is time to move on. It can be a number of events that together paints the sign to move on. It can be a conversation that highlights […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Looking For The Next OneJohn Barnes was a footballer. To say he was a very good footballer would be an understatement. At his peak, he would rightly be acclaimed as one of the best in the world in his position. He delighted fans with an array of skills and a display of technique that captured the interest of those […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: With A Goal In MindHe won’t move me until it’s time to go to something better. It’s reassuring on one hand and it’s frustrating on the other. It’s frustrating when circumstances don’t appear to be improving and there’s a great desire to move on. As the environment sometimes becomes more hostile then there’s a sense that it’s just better […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: To Something BetterWhat does justice look like? If I left it to observers and commentators I could get confused. Terms used with a clear agenda in mind and only works for them, not in someone else’s situation. It works for you, but not for them. Notions of how people should be treated based on an understanding of […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Vision to JusticeHe clearly took this seriously. When he was told that he was going to go out for a walk he asked the key questions. Where was he going? How long would he be out? What would he need for the walk? Was there anything else he should be aware of? He was the kind of […]
Read More Dedicated to the JourneyIt’s fascinating to see responses to godly instructions. There is a type of thinking that says that each situation should be judged on its own merits and so whenpeople hear what sounds like a universal principle, they look for the exception with those scenarios that start with the phrase, ‘what happens if …’. We look […]
Read More The Marks 15: Live at Peace with AllIt could be heard in her voice. From one stage to another. The great unknown. It was all well and good other people telling her about what it would be like, but she had never been there before. She didn’t know what it would be like. Anxiety filled her voice as she listed issue after […]
Read More The Trauma in TransitionSomebody tells you something. They sound very matter-of-fact about it. They appear convinced in what they’re saying. Then you ask them some questions about what they’ve said and it soon emerges that the confidence they showed at first was based on nothing more than having heard it from what they thought to be a trusted […]
Read More From A Trusted SourceAn eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. That’s a very simple thing to say and it’s packed with much truth and it’s often ignored. Here’s why it’s ignored. Whether it’s under the guise of self-defence or through the encouragement to stand up for yourself and be strong, there is something that just […]
Read More The Marks 14: Do Not Repay Evil With EvilIt is different. To say that about what happens when we have an encounter of the divine kind through the sharing of the gospel is an understatement. It’s not just about associated feelings and a sense of something new taking place. A radical shift has happened that changes everything. Especially the way we think about […]
Read More It Is Different: A Word on Perspective
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