I’m not what I want to be, but thank God I’m not what I used to be. I have heard that line and variations of it for quite some time now. It can get so familiar that it loses its significance and can be somewhat cliche. Thankfully every now and then things happen to actually […]
Read More The Gospel: What Has Changed and What Is Changing?God sucker punched me again. I was thinking about Christmas and how we miss the opportunity to share Christ at Christmas for one reason or other. Now I don’t celebrate Christmas for various reasons and have gone through a number of developments in my stance on the issue. It leaves me still not celebrating it, […]
Read More All Bitterness ErasedIn the last entry I shared a mock open letter from me to God on why I don’t pray. In it you’ll note there are some ‘lighter’ moments, and some more serious things that are said. I would like to tell you that I didn’t mean any of that. To be brutally honest, however, if […]
Read More Why Prayer Is Essential – An Open Letter To YouDear God: Thank you for allowing me the chance to write this letter. I was thinking about actually praying to you, but as you’ll see if I did that it would defeat the whole point of this letter, so I thought this would be more appropriate. And not a prayer. I would like to inform […]
Read More Why I Don’t Pray – An Open Letter To GodI think Alan Knox wrote about it not long ago. (Check Knox in How Specialisation Harms as well as The Church As A Team Of Player-Coaches) It is something that has been on my mind for a while especially at a time when there are some I know who are exploring spiritual gifts. Paul is […]
Read More Spiritual Gifts: It Is Not About Being SpecialistsThe day and age in which I live is one that is very concerned about practicality. A scientific age of technological developments has given emphasis to what can physically be proven and shown to be efficient and productive. As with most things there is good and bad in those things. Plenty to celebrate for the […]
Read More Spooky ChristianityIt came to me when I woke up this morning. First of all it was the tune. There have been quite a few versions of the song, but the one that was fresh in my mind because it was the one that I had listened to most often was the one by Michael McDonald and […]
Read More Stop, Look and Listen To God’s HeartRT @lensweet Being a “good Christian” (ie “good Methodist,” “good Catholic,” “good Baptist”) is not the same as being a follower of Jesus So I come across this superb tweet by the incomparable Leonard Sweet. Being the good tweeter that I am I go on to retweet it. A beloved sister notes it and queries […]
Read More Being ‘A Good Christian’ vs. Following JesusThere is comfort in the simple things. Keeping things simple means, so the thinking goes, that we can address things just as simply. So all I want is something to eat. So as long as it’s edible and available, I eat and my hunger is satisfied. Simple. I do believe aspects of the human experience […]
Read More Reflecting On The Complexity Of HumanityIt is rather intriguing how narrow my worldview can be. I have a tendency to be fairly insular and have in the past considered myself a bit of an introvert. My recollection of childhood is one where I was familiar with the floors of many places, because I didn’t really have the confidence to look […]
Read More Embracing God’s Gifts In All Its Guises
