And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:1, 2) When people rail against law and order (L&O) that is sometimes understandable when L&O comes across as impersonal and harsh. When that is the […]
Read More Law & Order: Spiritual Intent – FoundationSo I have been blogging fairly well over at the other place – what with a general football review here and a Rafa reflection there not forgetting a big up to Law and Order right there, but over here it has not been as busy. Not to worry, there will be a change. It’s interesting […]
Read More Despite MyselfLately I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on the beginning. The beginning of a lot of things. The beginning of my faith walk. The beginning of my time in Stoke-on-Trent. The beginning of my relationship with the woman who would be my wife. The beginning of my marriage. The beginning of the end of my […]
Read More Sabbath SolaceIt might worth your while reading this companion piece that I recently posted about the things that last to help with what this post is all about. It’s a Sunday evening, officially the end of the weekend and already the beginning of the week. At this time it’s a special end to the weekend and […]
Read More A Blank Piece of PaperFor quite a while I’ve been surrounding by the gung-ho go get-them mentality. Key themes of this thinking include: “Try it and see how it goes” and “Go forward and do something for crying out loud.” Now the mentality like that is impressive because it shows dashing, dare and a sense of grabbing the initiative […]
Read More How Do We Get There?Another reason why I’m not too taken up with people’s engaging of the New Year festivities is because in most cases it is a pretty superficial event. Sentiments are given about how much we hope it’s a happy one, resolutions are rustled up, but even by the end of the month they are soon forgotten. […]
Read More Out With The OldI am a sinner. When AA was set up and started encouraging its members to introduce themselves by acknowledging the particular addiction from which they suffered, they were following a confessional tradition that has spanned the ages. I’m not arrogant enough to believe that Christians started it and initiated it and have a patent on […]
Read More When God Says Lets ReasonMy church background is pretty interesting and the things that I’ve learnt over my time in Stoke-on-Trent and especially at the YMCA has been eye-opening for so many reasons. I’m extremely grateful to God to be exposed to these things and experience a lot of them as well as observe them. The more I see […]
Read More Living For Spiritual Highs – Walking Through Spiritual LowsYou know I’ve been mentioning assignments of late, well tonight is a very interesting one as I have to complete another one. I believe it really is the last proper assignment that I’ll have to do for a while, so if I can put in the effort over the next hour or so then I […]
Read More Dealing With Cares: Sing A SongFollowing on from yesterday’s bit about the super vacuum cleaner it also reminded me of a thought process that I was considering earlier this week. The link will become clear soon, follow the thread and you should get the jumper at the end of it. (You’ll need the jumper – it’s nearly winter!) A dear […]
Read More Big Ones and Little Ones
