The thing about getting to know someone is that to truly do it, you can’t stay on the sidelines. Biographies are a good example. You can read some and it is clear the writer collected the material from dustbins and the scraps of forgotten tabloid reject articles. They know the subject as well as your […]
Read More A Complete Immersion: A Few Drops Won’t DoRelationships are delicate affairs. However strong they are, it doesn’t take much to destabilise them. For every disappointment, there is a layer of distrust that makes future relationships harder to develop. One way I have experienced that is with the case of those niggling small unresolved matters. You know. Your friend does something slightly annoying, […]
Read More A Situation Unresolved: A Disaster Waiting To HappenThe picture of the hero requires them to fulfil the Heroic Action Criteria. Superman set the standard by ensuring that the falling Lois Lane was rescued. Spider-Man also passed the mark whether it was Gwen Stacy or Mary Jane Watson. Thus the critical element in the Heroic Action Criteria is to come to the rescue. […]
Read More A Hero: The Saviour Who Lived Among UsFeeling despondent is not unusual for me. A group of us was looking at Philippians 3 lately and I was taken with Paul’s reason for wanting the brethren to follow examples like his. Verse 18 highlights how there are those who live as ‘enemies of the cross of Christ’. We’re able to deal with that, […]
Read More A Reason To Keep Pressing On: The GoalBible study. I love it and I am not ashamed about it. I am not referring to an immensely academic exercise that leaves you confused about Greek, Hebrew and dictionary definitions of words like propitiation and transubstantiation. That has its place for those that way inclined. I am referring to such a love for God […]
Read More A Grateful Heart For Those Who Teach ScriptureSomething happened to me that changed my life markedly. Elsewhere I have shared the experience that changed my engagement with God from a cerebral undertaking to being consumed with a passion for Him. It is something that I don’t expect a stranger to properly comprehend, because it took me a while to get around what […]
Read More A Holy Spirit Appreciation: Outpouring, Indwelling, Overflowing, Far-reachingMy friend and I were conversing about a shared passion. The nature of the conversation was so uplifting and invigorating as we exchanged views that by the end of it I wanted to conquer the world. It was just as well, because the next day proved to be a trying day full of various challenges […]
Read More An Obvious Truth: Healthy Minds Think Healthy ThingsThere is a time when it’s good to be alone. At times it appears as though there is great pressure not to genuinely spend time one to one with God. As though the call to work, relate and provide leaves no room for anything else. It worked for Jesus to be effective in His serving […]
Read More A Quiet Place: Appreciating Time Away And AloneWe were seated in a semi circle enjoying the summer breeze in the evening. The conversation got round to what happens when the children grow up and have lifestyles that go against the values with which they were brought up. It was fascinating listening to the various views on what we do when our hearts […]
Read More A Reflection On The Prodigal Son: Bungee JumpingI believe it’s rare to find anything as intimate as hearing someone speak to you. I am not talking about phone calls. Useful though they are. It’s being in the company of someone expressing their heart in the words they say. Some experts suggest the actual words used are not as memorable as other communication […]
Read More God In Creation: The God Who Speaks
