I mean it. It was an accident I didn’t mean it. Two phrases that you may be somewhat familiar with. The second one is an interesting one. I deliver Health and Safety training which brings us across this word and a definition for it goes along the lines that an accident is an unplanned and […]
Read More IntentionalityIt’s a struggle for me to relate. Often the issue is that I am more concerned about how we’re different than what and who we have in common. I feel sometimes what I say falls on deaf ears and what is said is bizarre and not thought through. There are a host of reasons why […]
Read More Fighting To RelateThere’s a point to planting the seed deep in the ground. There is an expected outcome in ensuring it’s in the right place in the right environment with the right support. There is a purpose. There is a reason for animals existing where and how they do. There is a reason for the birds in […]
Read More FruitfulnessWhen I reflect on my life, which I do from time to time, I realise that God loves me. Yeah. That’s right it’s a true story. Here’s what I notice. There are episodes where I need to be corrected and not just corrected on the surface, but corrected at the core of my character. He […]
Read More FoundationalFor the first 25 years of my life I was looking for the model. My Dad, my first church elder, my first mentor all were men I expected to be the role model. Where possible I saw how they lived and was keen to see how the living was done. To an extent I noticed […]
Read More Be The ExampleWhen Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately. (Acts 18:26) Ananias to Paul. Paul to Aquila and Priscilla. Aquila and Priscilla to Apollos. Paul may have had his Damascus Road experience, but Ananias was a pivotal part in his own development. […]
Read More Acts Actually: 18 – Passing The Mission AlongThis following Jesus thing is quite the journey. What is very challenging about it is just how seismic the transformation is from who you are before following Him to who you are working towards being when you start following Him. I became very much aware of the culture I was in, the culture I was […]
Read More Time To RepentAs a follower of Jesus what do you live for, the cross or the crown? It’s a question that occurred to me this evening. The symbol of the cross is a prominent one in the faith. Paul mentions the cross on a number of occasions in his letters and Peter mentions it once in his. […]
Read More Cross or CrownThis evening, my friend Oenca Fontaine had a book launch for her new book My God In A Time Like Now. Oenca has a lot of strings to her bow, she is an incredibly talented trainer, communicator and networker. Her book launch was a brilliant expression of that. The event had people from a variety […]
Read More Abundant LifeNow Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. But they could not […]
Read More Acts Actually: 6 – Stephen, The Spirit and Trouble Part 1
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