Are you with me? I am a big fan of that question. If there’s anything that life teaches me is that it’s good to know who you’re with and who’s with you. It’s a real shame to claim to be a part of something only to discover that you were completely deluded. It’s also not […]
Read More We Got Through This TogetherRather than institutions and monuments to show that social clubs have lasted generations, what society looks for is a dynamic community growing in love. They won’t see that through activities for the sake of activities. They won’t see that in impressive speeches from appealing individuals designed to captivate without content. They won’t see that in […]
Read More Prayer for Change – ServingIt’s a skill. It’s a gift. It’s something wonderful to experience. You just have to give some people the slightest opportunity and they will get to chatting for ages. They will talk and talk and talk and talk and it’s a great effort for them to finally reach the end of what they’re saying. Then […]
Read More Sharing: A Conversation PieceThe metaphor is beautiful. The composer puts together parts for each member of the orchestra. If they are present for the symphony, it’s because they have a key role to play in making real the sound the composer had in his mind from the beginning. Everyone. His ear is so keen that in rehearsals he […]
Read More InstrumentalHe invited me to lunch. The clinching element was that he would be paying. How could I decline such and invitation? The location was comfortable and the range of food on offer was superb. As we waited for the order we conversed. He wanted a reminder of aspects of my journey to date. I was […]
Read More About the ExchangeI know, I know. the saying suggests that three’s a crowd rather than company. It’s certainly a bit awkward to feel like a spare part in a conversation. On the surface it certainly looks like it’s better to just have a one to one engagement, rather than a one to one to one. It came […]
Read More Three’s CompanyHere is some of what Christ-centred, Holy Spirit filled family means to me. Some make a big deal of their ethnicity, nationality and cultural background. It is crucial to shaping and defining their identity. It is such a big deal to some that the idea of something being more important than that and framing their worldview […]
Read More A New Kind of FamilyRecently I was thinking about what it is to live the Spirit-filled life. I had attended a church service, which, in my view, had a lot of good things were performance was concerned – acoustics, stagecraft, etc, but in terms of the human environment it seemed to be a little lacking. The service was somewhat […]
Read More What Did He Show You Today?It’s not just that you need the space. It’s that the space has to be cultivated to be fit for purpose. For some that space is physical. They need a certain size of area to be just right with the right dimensions in which the work can begin. It could be the size of paper […]
Read More Is There Room to Flourish?It was the way he mentioned longing that really resonated with me. There’s been so much talk about feeling at home with your own culture. People wanting to return to where they’re comfortable and that comfort is defined by certain hallmarks of the background. Style of music, clothes, expression, etc. So much in the way […]
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