“You’re not normal.” She had heard that all her life. Her size made her the victim of endless bullying when she was younger.As she was not the most academically inclined they used that as another verbal stick with which to beat her. She wasn’t able to do the hairdressing job she wanted to do because of […]
Read More AbnormalThere is something about those who seek peace that makes them very uneasy with injustice. Anything that brings injustice upsets any shalom or wholeness that looks to take place. It’s not so much a theory about the need for balance in the universe. It is more about the cry for harmony, and where there is […]
Read More Say What You See: Justice SeekersShe said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.” […]
Read More Say What You See: Generous HospitalityThe good news talks of a King establishing His Kingdom. When I consider kings and members of royalty there is usually something about them that makes them hard to connect with, because their personality and position makes them someone who can only be seen from afar. There is little personal connection and hardly anything to […]
Read More He RelatesIt was Harvest Thanksgiving Service. The front of the church hall was beautifully decked out with the wide array of produce donated by the congregants. The display reflected generous hearts and was amazing to see. The designated recipients are those among the least in society both in the locality and elsewhere. Not only was it […]
Read More September Sojourn: Harvest for the WorldReading the gospel of John, I’m impressed with how Jesus relates to women. In a noted patriarchal society, His interactions with women really highlight what it is to be full of grace and truth. Conversing with the Samaritan Woman at the well is a prime example. Here is Jesus turning a request for a drink […]
Read More September Sojourn: Grace, Truth, Past and PresentI have no idea at present what the Beach Boys song was called. I also have no intention presently to simply google it. (Blogging by phone does that to me.) I do know that the song had the words “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. At this juncture it’s important for me to note my mild hatred […]
Read More Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Acts and Life in the SpiritChain Blog Prelude This is part of a Chain Blog series initiated by Alan Knox over at The Assembling of the Church. For more information about what a chain blog is click here and what this series is about then click here. I have the honour of following Jim Puntney who wrote on The Treasure […]
Read More So The World May Know – Observations on the Road to UnityI 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 ComplacencyKeith Giles writes over there at Subversive1. If your Christianity is relatively comfortable because it doesn’t demand that much from you other than to believe that Jesus is out for your best interests and wants you to be happy, warm and cuddly, then you might want to give Subversive a miss. Likewise if you are […]
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