It is fragile. The ego that is. It is very fragile. The self loves to feel satiated and highly valued. When that is not the case, the pursuit is on to make sure that it happens. Power plays happen, persuasive efforts come to the fore and it doesn’t take much to see that the basis […]
Read More Leaving The Place Of InsecurityEvery culture, every generation, every person has an opportunity to enjoy freedom. The freedom to do whatever you want to do, sounds really appealing on the surface. That element of not having to be pigeon-holed by others or not having to take on what other people say you should be certainly helps you avoid being […]
Read More A Question of Freedom Worth Fighting ForWhat freedom? They faced immense opposition. The hostility towards them went beyond words. Some of them shed blood. Some even died. They died, they bled, they suffered for what they believed in. What they beleived was that it was only right that their people should be free. Their death would not be in vain, said […]
Read More The Fight For What Freedom?Jon had a problem. His problem was that he had never thought about freedom that way before. He didn’t even realise control would also be seen that way as well. For someone so bright, articulate and considered it even surprised him. There it was though, the problem was laid bare. What really was freedom? Who […]
Read More A Resolution to the Problem of Control and FreedomFrom childhood, Jon was considered to be someone who would go far. He was an intelligent young man at school, which was remarkable because his parents didn’t appear to be anything like him when it came to intellect. They were hard-working people, though and endeavoured to see their son adopt that key value. This explains […]
Read More A Problem with Control and FreedomThat’s got to be quite a life. You’re born in a society where you and your people are oppressed as you’re strangers in a strange land. By some miraculous moves, you are finally liberated to pursue a life of your own. Only to discover a few moments later just as you reach a tough point […]
Read More How Can You Look Ahead?Seeing my daughters get into their teenage years is an interesting experience. By daughters, I mainly refer to the first two, the second of whom will hit those years at her next birthday. It’s interesting watching them because they’re good girls on the whole (as a number of parents are honour bound to say). Yet […]
Read More About Freedom To ServeHe heard my cry. A people had been subjected to decades of oppression. Their entire identity seemed to be defined by slavery of the harshest kind. It was as though no one was listening to them. But He was listening and He had not forgotten them. He saw their suffering and felt their pain and […]
Read More Year Seven – ReleaseThe LORD God gave him this command: “You may eat from any tree in the garden. But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!” (Genesis 2:16-17) It’s a familiar passage of scripture and yet … […]
Read More You May Eat …Picture this. The man is put in the cell and you hear the door slam behind him. It’s dark, it’s confined and the sense of being closed in on yourself soon becomes suffocating. No one like to be locked up. Apparently. The visual is related to someone being incarcerated. They have committed a crime and […]
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