There is such a thing as feeling as though God is silent. You can read scripture, watch and hear lots of teaching and preaching, converse with godly folks and still feel as if God is silent. That is something real that I know from experience. It’s a troubling feeling when it happens, especially if you […]
Read More Question Worth Asking: What Is God Saying?Communication goes a long way to getting things done. Recently I had two conversations that startled me. The first was going very well until we hit a point of contention. We don’t usually disagree, but we certainly did then. No vociferous argument took place, but the nature of contention was significant. Yet we ended that […]
Read More Living and LearningIt makes me chuckle sometimes considering the journey I have taken where prayer is concerned. Back in my childhood days I had very little time for prayer. Even when I got baptised in my teens my prayer life didn’t dramatically change. To look back on that now and see where I have travelled since then […]
Read More Something About Praying TogetherThere are certain things that matter. There are also certain things that matter more than those first things. Sometimes we don’t know which things matter more than the others. Sometimes what we believe matters to us is something we passionately and vociferously look to defend. That defence can antagonise others. It is good, however, to […]
Read More Thrashing It OutBut I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord .’ (Jonah 2:9 NIV) The Bible is a record of God’s interactions with humanity since creation through a variety of situations. From these we learn a lot about […]
Read More Jonah’s Journey 2 – Running to GodI went somewhere from where I am. On returning I wanted to take my family to where I went in story form. I looked at my daughters and remembered where they were. I looked at my wife and remembered where she was. I remembered where I had been and its wonders and beauty. Somehow I […]
Read More About Bridges ConciselyWell meaning, good intentioned people in their well meaning expression of good intentions, sometimes get things wrong. It’s particularly the case when it’s coming from well meaning good intentions that don’t start from the premise of a good relationship. Like people feeling they have permission to talk to you about your life without the insight […]
Read More Just Because They Mean Well …Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) Communication is the key. Effective exchange of information from one party to the other and vice-versa. It’s a basic fundamental feature of life. When […]
Read More A Look at Luke 11 – Have A Talk With Our FatherHow long would it take Jesus to outline a parable? From that parable he’d probably follow up with another parable. Either way there was enough potency in a parable to keep His followers intrigued. To the point that sometimes they would come back to Him and ask for an explanation of the parable. It’s one […]
Read More Crowds and Disciples: A Conversation PieceIt’s fascinating, really. To get from one place to another, we initially walked. Then as the distance lengthened we used a horse. As we used the horse we noticed that the way was too rough, so we smoothed it somewhat. In doing so we established a set route for getting from the one place to […]
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