Sure there’s plenty to give an update about with what happened in 2017 and hopes for 2018 and all that jazz, I’m sure there’s a place for all of that. That’s not here, though. What is here, however, is something that gripped my interest of late. You should be able to tell what it is […]
Read More Observe, Absorb, HabituateJust some questions buzzing round my head. Is it right as a follower of Jesus to consider the concept of ‘success’? If so, what is the disciple’s definition of success? How can it be measured? Is it fair for it to be measured as other non-Christian projects are measured? Is it possible that we may […]
Read More Measuring SuccessThis is a precarious project. The instructions were straightforward, but it’s often those that get muddled in our efforts to … ‘simplify’ the straightforward. They called him many things – some thought he was Elijah, some thought he was John the Baptist, some considered him to be a great prophet and others were hoping he […]
Read More Precarious Projects: Disciples Making DisciplesWhen I was a lot younger, I was given to having a rather dramatic reaction to things that happened. A good way of expressing that is my given moods when my football team won or lost. If my team won, I would be so buoyant you would not be able to stop me walking on […]
Read More Everything Is Not RuinedBe yourself, no matter what they say. Recently I spent a lot of the day listening on repeat to a particular track. I love this version more than the original, which is saying something. In listening to it, that line repeated at the end hung around – be yourself, no matter what they say. That is […]
Read More He Did Not ConformThis blog has been going in some form or other for quite a while now. I don’t often go and look at what I wrote way back when, but today I was looking at an issue and considered what I wrote on the matter. There has been a lot written on this blog about fruitfulness. […]
Read More “Without Me, You Can Do Nothing” Another Thought on FruitfulnessPicture this. The man is put in the cell and you hear the door slam behind him. It’s dark, it’s confined and the sense of being closed in on yourself soon becomes suffocating. No one like to be locked up. Apparently. The visual is related to someone being incarcerated. They have committed a crime and […]
Read More Locked UpThe thing about redemption is that it screams out “there is hope!” Even in the worst situations where hope appears lost, the story of redemption says it’s worth holding out for hope. The theme of redemption is particularly something that means a lot to me. There are so many episodes in my life where I […]
Read More Themes I Love: RedemptionJesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. That is something I believe with all of my heart. That truth has become more important the more I’ve walked with Him. Embracing Him in this way changes things and how I view things too. With every passing year, I see the need to be […]
Read More Truth and the Christian WayAmong the many aspects of the blessed, Jesus highlighted that peacemakers are blessed by being referred to as sons of God. It’s interesting that this aspect of the blessed is not always emphasised. It still seems as though I can go looking for God to bless me and restore me and all that other good […]
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