Here’s the premise of the conversation. Wait a minute. This is the 20th part of the conversation? That’s something, right? 20 parts to this conversation – that’s a lot of questions to catch up on. I mean for at least the last ten parts there have been three questions per part – so what’s that […]
Read More ADBC: 20 – Systems to Suck and Systems To EnrichMy Mum prays. My Dad studies. My Dad is not a great intellect, he wouldn’t be called on for his mental prowess and academic acumen. That wasn’t my Dad. He was, however, diligent, meticulous and consistent in humbling himself before the word of God to pick out the words and understand what was going on. […]
Read More Those Are RootsAll three of my children have little compunction in expressing themselves if they thing things have not gone fairly. Now all three can express in more sophisticated ways – for them – than was the case a few years ago. Even the youngest who is still in primary school. Likewise, they now have their own […]
Read More It Goes So FastHouseholds with more than one child are fun. Hey, I’m not suggesting that households with an only child are not fun, I am saying that households with more than one child are a lot of fun. One of the areas of fun for the parent is the challenge of appearing considered and fair to all […]
Read More What Is He Showing You?I was just having a look at some of the things I wrote five years ago. There was this piece I put together about some Jesus questions. It was interesting reading some of the questions that I had at the time and what the five years have done in helping me work through some of […]
Read More More Jesus QuestionsInteresting Psalm this. House, city, anxiety, sleep and the benefit of children. Not on the surface the most connected of issues, until you look at that first word: house. I don’t read the house mentioned here as only a physical construction. It’s not just the bricks and mortar. It is all about the habitat. Whether […]
Read More Psalm 127 – Who Is Building Your House?Son of God. Son of Man. Prince of Peace. Suffering Servant. It’s something that keeps on bugging me about the example I’m supposed to follow. Truly knowing Jesus and following in His Way is something that is both glorious and humbling. It is supposed to capture the reality of being seated with Him in heavenly […]
Read More Sons and ServantsTrue story. I never saw myself being a Dad at all. I barely saw myself as a married man and children never entered my thinking beyond a nominal acknowledgement that as part of the rites of passage I would need to contribute to children entering the world. It won’t be long until my first born […]
Read More Ten Things I Love About Being A DadChildren are brilliant. I have recollections of my childhood as being relatively trouble-free. Now ‘relatively’ is the key word here. At the time, fighting with my brother, falling over and scraping my knee was a problem to me. Riding a bicycle, falling over and scraping my knee was a problem to me. Playing games with […]
Read More Say What You See: Creativity CelebratedIt’s been interesting in my life recently. Back in my school days the school gave me a brown folder called a National Record of Achievement within which I could put all my school reports and certificates and the such like to mark the passing of my time at school. My beloved wife dug it out, […]
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