I love resourceful people. The ability to make the most of what is at hand to produce something of function and excellence in that function always makes me applaud to their credit. My wife and my brother are two remarkably resourceful people. It’s in hanging around them over recent years that I have really grown […]
Read More Resources at HandI admit it. Sometimes I can take life and myself too seriously. There’s an earnestness, a depth, a pondering, something more to what there is, something worth taking for much more than its face value that I feel obliged to uncover with due diligence. In all that something like fun gets derided and sidelined. I […]
Read More Fun with FriendsI appreciate not everyone can make a note of ideas as it comes to them either handwritten, typed or recorded in an audio format. For some items to make notes on are luxuries they can’t afford. It’s still worth me saying, though, thank you for ideas. Thank you for the ideas you pursue and achieve. […]
Read More Just An Idea … About IdeasOne of the things I appreciate about good friends is how they refresh my perspective on a matter. For example, one good friend of mine asked me recently what do I do for a job. I said nothing. He looked at me quizzically and asked me to list the things I did in a day. […]
Read More Escape from Work and Escape for WorkThere’s a word that I hear often and it’s really annoying. That word is ‘lucky’. I know where people are coming from when they say it. What bugs me about it is that it fails to recognise the source of credit for the things that happen to us for which we are not directly responsible.. […]
Read More More about GraceRecently my wife and I spent some time together up in West Yorkshire. For those of you who don’t know, this is a part of England that has beautiful hills and valleys. It’s gloriously picturesque although at times likely to be affected by rain. Not that Authrine and I were put off by the rain […]
Read More What? Again?There is no greater affirmation than that of the Father to the Son. To read it on the occasions it’s recorded is an incredibly moving experience. What’s more, to know that this affirmation is then extended to all those who believe in the Son and are reconciled with the Father is all the more amazing. […]
Read More AffirmationNot so long ago, I was having a conversation with a brother who I have considered to be somewhat of a non-conformist. By that I mean, the church circles in which I usually circulate has a certain culture that tends to have its subscribers and those eager to fit in with the status quo. It […]
Read More YieldMy Christian upbringing exposed me to certain hymns, but as it was not an Anglican, Baptist or Methodist style of church and tended towards different songs. As a result there were some hymns that completely passed me by. This is one of those hymns. I heard it for the first time recently at a very […]
Read More CD Songs: Lord Of The YearsI love the music of Jon Gibson. Not everything he’s ever done, but he’s done a lot that I regard highly. For sure he doesn’t get the plaudits he deserves for his brilliant musicianship, but that’s cool. As long as he knows he’s a blessing to the Body of Christ that’s all that matters. Recently […]
Read More Layers for a Masterpiece
