There was four of us seated round the table laughing about things like how you were considered a young man in the church until you reached 70 by which time you were sent to a home. Laughing stopped when we agaon considered the words of Jesus regarding aspects of the cost of discipleship. Anyone coming […]
Read More Creating the Culture for Cross CarriersOne of the things I love about the teaching/training sphere is the room for reflection. In the sessions I deliver we recently went over a cycle for performance improvement. It is a familiar cycle – plan, perform, review, revise to start the whole cycle again. I reckon done properly we might progress has we paid […]
Read More Is This My Story? The Role of Violence: A ThoughtYesterday the Question of Identity (QOI) series stated with a banner statement I made about my identity. That statement is the result of a number of years wrestling over the various appeals certain factors make for defining me. My nationality, my ethnicity, the football team I support, my church affiliation even my family name. Here […]
Read More QOI: Race, Culture and Identity in ChristIt is presidential election season over the pond and the debates are up and running and people are being given reasons to vote for him and not vote for him. It is this time of year that the arguments are rolled out about the importance of voting and what was done to ensure people had […]
Read More No Vote, No Voice?If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favour. Voltaire The futility of idolatry is worshipping something far less than we give it credit for. Imagine your two year old daughter getting some crayons and doing their version of Mummy and Daddy, then showing it to you. The standard reaction […]
Read More Making Jesus In Our Own ImageIt Started At A Wedding (Not My Own, Obviously) I don’t get invited to weddings often, and of late I’ve loathed being that much in crowds. Yet a dear friend of the family was getting married and invited my wife and I to his wedding. So we made an appearance at the ceremony and even […]
Read More Getting StuckIt’s good news right. We – created by God and rebelled against God have now been brought back to God by the ministry of Jesus Christ culminating in His death and amazing resurrection. This brings peace between God and us. This brings inner peace. Then it gives a peace between members of the family of […]
Read More Peace … with others (not yet in the Family)If you asked a Christian the top three most important things about being a Christian I would doubt many would highlight their responsibility to the creation in which God placed them. The issue of the environment, however, can bring about a fair amount of ignorance. From that state we can succumb to certain extremes. There […]
Read More Talking Point: What About The EnvironmentI was reminded recently of this very powerful video. I would strongly recommend you watching it twice. First time for impact and the second time to digest more of how sin manifests itself. The issue with sin is that it can be very easy to get hung up with certain sings and not be aware […]
Read More Talking Point: God Consciousness & Sin AwarenessAlmost 15 years ago whilst at university I chose as an optional module to study sociology. As I was majoring in Philosophy and Politics the overlaps appeared natural to me in terms of sociological studies that supported certain political situations and the philosophical values that underpinned both the sociological method and it’s political implications. One […]
Read More Talking Point: Violence on the Screen and in Society
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