The conversation was not initiated by me. I didn’t even know He wanted to talk to me. I wasn’t concerned about Him at all. When I heard people talking to Him, I dismissed it as babbling. People would go on and on. Even though it was with great emotion and gusto, after a while it […]
Read More Prayer for Change: An Opening for a Walk and TalkBack in the day, it was a legitimate threat to us as children. If we didn’t comply we would be grounded. That was serious. That meant we would not be able to go out and have fun with our friends. It meant I couldn’t go to the library and enjoy time with those beautiful books. […]
Read More Grounded to Learn FaithfulnessWe 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 ExpressThere’s something about a good testimony. Before I talk about that a bit more, there’s a programme that I cannot forget and that programme was called This Is Your Life. I have no idea who liked watching it between my father and mother, but I just remember that it would be on and I would […]
Read More Centre of Attention: This Is His LifeThere is a derisory phrase used by some to comment on someone drastically changing their mind on a matter. The term is that such a person has had a ‘come to Jesus’ moment. It’s interesting that this practice is used for satirical or cynical reasons. It’s interesting because the invitation to come to Jesus is […]
Read More Be A Good HOST – Conclusion?Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46 NLT) Trusting someone is one of the hardest things in life. It’s something that is done consciously and unconsciously at various levels. Knowing what you’re doing when it comes to trust, speaks volumes of what is […]
Read More Be A Good HOST – TrustSummer had already peaked and its decline was evident. Hints of Autumn lurked without ever intruding the last stand of the sunny days. I am not the world’s greatest fan of the summer sun and in those times where it is not as prevalent as it has been, I take hope of the impending season. […]
Read More Zoë Dryden: Remembering New LifeThere are words that don’t have an appeal in the modern world. One of those words is submission. Plenty of reasons why that is the case and some of them are rooted in the misuse and active abuse of the term to refer to oppressive and derogatory relationships. In an era where self-realisation and equality […]
Read More Be A Good HOST – SubmissionThere’s something profoundly intriguing about how some of us have been conditioned from childhood. The initial years are spent in complete dependence on parents, then as growth takes place with the capacity for explorations and expression, so there is a degree of self-determination. Along with that self-determination there’s a sense in which the parents want […]
Read More Self Determined for Self DestructionLooking to Jesus as the example of a good host, we consider what it is to introduce someone to new life. There’s a brilliant example of that in the episode where Jesus meets a woman by the well in Sychar. This is in Samaria and there are significant issues between Jews and Samaritans, but Jesus […]
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