Manhood. Over ten years ago, before we were married, my wife and I went to a large Christian conference. One session we sat in looked at the topic of biblical manhood and womanhood. At the time I was serious about desiring Authrine to be my wife, and Authrine was content to take her time considering […]
Read More Grateful For … (17)Good starts. I take good starts for granted. I was even saying to a colleague today that I prefer bad starts and good finishes to good starts and bad finishes. Yet today was a notable exception. My alarm goes off at 0500 and it’s not unusual that it will take me the best part of […]
Read More Grateful For … (16)Let me be honest with you. I haven’t always been honest. Sometimes I’ve been downright devious and duplicitous. (Great word to use for something not great at all.) One thing I can say about such moments is that it feels heavy. It feels like for whatever ‘gain’ I get from it is overwhelmed with a […]
Read More The Love Letter of John: 1 – Light WalkersThere’s more to it than that. It is amazing how easy it is to fall into the thinking that this is all there is. By that I mean the life that you live, in your particular context with the aid of your experiences and cultural backing. The explosion of information through various forms of media gives the […]
Read More See What MoreHome – Part Two. There’s a song that the Beatles released back in the day called In My Life. It’s a great song to put on to get all nostalgic about the people and places that make the story of your life. It was a fitting tune to hear today as I visited Wellingborough for the first […]
Read More Grateful For … (14)There is plenty about the life of Jesus to respect, admire and adore. He was a good man, who did good things. He made people very happy with the things He did: giving sight to the blind; feeding thousands with a small amount of food; raising people from the dead; speaking words of peace, justice […]
Read More He Is A MisfitThere are some tough decisions I have made in my life. Some of the hardest have been over things I have valued highly. Some of those things have not been healthy and to ‘moderate’ the intake I was informed that I would have to completely eliminate it. Growing to have a dependency on such things […]
Read More Eliminate ItTrials. God is incredibly patient. I consider the patience my parents had with me. I look at the patience I evidently need to have with my children. That is great patience. It is understandable because the parents as adults should have better quality character than the burgeoning developing talents of the impulsive children I consider, […]
Read More Grateful For … (10)Disappointment. True story. I am grateful today for disappointment. Things that don’t turn out as expected and come out a bit worse. Those things I am grateful to God for. Why would I be grateful for that? Well here’s what it says to me about me. It says I still have expectations and I am […]
Read More Grateful For … (9)Hope. Today I discovered a bit more how people can keep going when bad news hits. I saw someone who had received news that a loved one had died and be able to begin processing it through God with joy. That essentially came through hope. That hope was based on Jesus Christ being the Resurrection […]
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