People can get hurt due to innocence and ignorance. Wide-eyed they wander not understanding that they are being taken for a ride. Sometimes people are manipulated in abusive ways, so we need to be smart enough to negotiate around them whilst maintaining a heart of compassion. This is not straightforward as we can either be […]
Read More Get Smart: Cunning for Compassion’s SakeThis is an interesting plug for those who are confirmed atheists. For His Name’s SakeShalomdmcd
Read More For The AtheistsToday was a good day. God has given me quite a few of those in my lifetime and I don’t often publicly state my gratitude for them. So here it is. What made it good was that it had all the ingredients for a good day – bad points, turnarounds, good words and good company. […]
Read More It’s Just Another SundayThere are signs all around you of the inevitability of death. There are people young, old, sick and healthy all buckling under one calamity or the other, not only physically but often socially, spiritually and mentally. In the light of this reality it is up to us to make the most of now – we […]
Read More Making The Most Of NowThe teaching today worked out alright. What I enjoy most about the opportunity to teach is the creativity it calls for from me in making connections to some of the key points. It’s a conversational approach to the teaching ensuring that within it people are engaging with the material. It’s not always easy to discern […]
Read More Quick Weekend NoteIt gives me great pleasure and I glorify God that with this post this year’s blog postings already exceeds the posts put up in the entirety of last year! It’s not even half way through February yet and God has allowed me to be faithful in this note-taking ministry. I trust that this is just […]
Read More A Brief Note On The Gospel: When A Plan Comes TogetherIn 1966 England won the football World Cup. According to the autobiography of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the key characters in the success, one of the reasons for their success was the approach the players to give everything even in training. This determination to give 100% brings its rewards – people are not attracted […]
Read More Whatever You Do Give It Your AllToday (Thursday) I came across a valuable lesson of God in appreciating things from a different perspective – through re-evaluations. My dear friend Steve Wood is a Liverpool fan. You will be aware that I too support Liverpool, but this brother really does worship Liverpool Football Club. I am but an amateur in comparison to […]
Read More Re-EvaluationsOne of the ways that helps in enjoying life and making the most of it is in taking a load off. Whether that’s through sport, a trip to the hairdressers or even shopping it’s good to have an outlet to release the tension that often builds through the day. When these only provide escapism without […]
Read More Take A Load OffSo today was a packed, packed, packed day. Community Cohesion Day featuring pupils from Mitchell High School. Engaging with them at a lunch held at NORSACA where I got to appreciate a lot more what it was to be organised and what it is not to be organised. Then off to a partnership meeting with […]
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