At first the effort is made to make you feel welcome. There are conversations, your contact details are taken and sure enough not long after that you get a message asking how you are. When you return there’s the recognition and the same welcoming attitude as there was initially. Once more your welfare will be […]
Read More What Will You Be Welcomed To?There are some hints and themes that pop up that give an indication of what might be there to work towards. The tabernacle was glorious and then the temple was glorious. Both of them were put together in ornate and considered fashion. They were splendid constructs designed to be a focal point for the presence […]
Read More Working TowardsThere is a source for the story I am about to tell but for the life of me I don’t know who the source is, so if it’s a good story it wasn’t mine and if it comes off less than good, blame me. A new pastor at a church was concerned that it was […]
Read More About Change and a PianoTen years ago two films were released that would have a significant impact on the movies. One was Iron Man and the other was The Dark Knight. I happen to enjoy both films thoroughly. I prefer one to the other, but both of them are very enjoyable movies in my view. The two films were […]
Read More About An Ensemble PieceI 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 QuestionsApril really has to be action month for me. I’ve allowed myself the winter months for hibernation and contemplation, but I appreciate that April – where the spring kicks in – truly has to be a time of action. One of those areas for action is the practical aspect of getting out a bit more. […]
Read More Finding Home Away From Home Until We Get HomeI don’t dance. I have a great sense of rhythm and I appreciate things done in good rhythm. I know a good dancer when I see one and I am blessed to have a household of women who love to dance any opportunity they get and they dance well. I don’t dance. It’s not that […]
Read More Dance with YouSome of us have been reading what Paul wrote to Titus about setting things straight in the church in Crete. Recently we came across this clear instruction to Titus. In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely. And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. […]
Read More Platforms and PedestalsWho are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? What happens when we die? Why does it all matter? These questions tend to be individual ones, but that’s not always been the case. For tribes and other gathering of people groups, those questions would be asked on a communal level. The answers […]
Read More For Sharing Out LoudOf late, I’ve enjoyed writing about who I would invite for dinner if I could invite anyone. It was a five part series featuring an introduction and then insight into four guests that I would love to have the meal with and you can get more information through the links – the first guest, the […]
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