Skills are great to have, but it’s the personal qualities that make all the difference in any walk of life. In my time working in training employability, the areas I loved was looking at those working qualities businesses love. It’s great to reflect on them, because although it can often be taken for granted, it […]
Read More An Ability To Grow And Thrive Under PressureThere are pressures in life that try to force you to see the present in dismal ways. The state of your bank account, the things you haven’t done, relational demands, work deadlines and targets, the list goes on. Sometimes those pressures push us just to think the worst. Maybe it’s too much, maybe there are […]
Read More In The Light Of ContextIt 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 GuisesI was reading more of the Jesus Manifesto today – book by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. Came across a section where they looked at how to measure a good day and a bad day. It refers to a brilliant Chinese proverb … which I would tell you, but seriously you might as well buy […]
Read More All The DaysPart of my story is one of having my ignorance, pride and other ugly things that lurk within exposed to me on a regular basis. Another part of my story is how at the same time as its exposure there is redemption and restoration, almost as if having it exposed is not for my embarrassment, […]
Read More How You View ItI was a telly addict for years. Almost every waking hour that I could get away with would be spent watching what I heard referred to as the ‘electronic demon’. The thinking behind it was that something I liked was bound to be on and even if it wasn’t, I could watch something else while […]
Read More Things I Learnt From TV: No. 9 – When Nothing’s On Turn It OffI don’t often watch the news on TV. There was a time when it was a must, but now things are very different. Someone selects the order and nature of those news items. That agenda is determined by values important to the news company and also sometimes by the society itself. What watching this editorial […]
Read More Things I Learnt From TV: No.17 – It’s As Important As They SaySo Jesus is the Teacher, and as the Teacher there should be some lessons that I’m learning from Him. Every day there are lessons to learn … but I’m not always aware of them. After a certain period of time, though, I do become aware of some lessons to be learnt over that time. For […]
Read More It Doesn’t Really MatterBefore I wrote this morning’s post on Jesus being the Door, I read and re-read John 9 and 10. In the preparation for these posts I would often spend some time pondering on my assumptions about certain references and how they match up to other perspectives on those same scriptures. For example John 10:10 is […]
Read More Jesus – Access Opened Or DeniedOn Saturday evening there was a programme on the American Dream. The documentary looked at the link between faith and the Dream. It was fascinating seeing things like the Positive Thinking message of Peale and then the mystic influences on the hippy movement and the rise of the American Right on issues like homosexuality and […]
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