Mark 9:14-29 tells the story of Jesus, a crowd, faithlessness, a spirit-possessed son and a desperate father. Even with the benefit of reading in hindsight, there should be features that are familiar to people reading it. This doesn’t have to do with children in trouble. This is an issue of faith and faithlessness. Where is […]
Read More Help My UnbeliefHere’s another submission to the Question of Identity series more of which you can discover here. I have a lot of respect for the written works of Arthur Sido. He blogs, tweets and updates his FB and I find a lot of what he has to say thought-provoking and soul enriching. I don’t have to […]
Read More QOI: I Believe – So What?For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More Reluctantly Following Is Still FollowingMy beloved longsuffering wife had one of those days. It’s not as though she doesn’t get those days, but even when you have them it is still a test of your emotional capacity and character. She could have told from the start of the day that it was going to be one of those days. […]
Read More When You Have One Of Those DaysOne 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 ThoughtDon’t get me wrong. I love belonging. I don’t often feel I belong. Most of the time I feel a lot of a misfit. Whether because of me gender (true story, folks), me ethnicity (maybe it is cos I is black), me deep approach to living and other internal foibles it has always been difficult […]
Read More QOI: Which Church Do You Go To?Yesterday 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 ChristI have read and heard a lot of things lately that intrigues me. I hope to share more in future entries. What I want to state here, though, is something fundamental to my entire existence. Jesus Christ is my identity. That has huge cultural, social, political and relational consequences. It is a truth that shapes […]
Read More Question of IdentityFor what feels like years, part of the world of television advertising has been dominated by the GoCompare campaign. First you had the singing tenor dude doing his thing in various settings and then the company really latched onto the public sentiment by sending him up as a target figure for the millions who were […]
Read More Go Compare? I Don’t Think SoOne of the most intriguing people I’ve come across in my time in Bletchley goes by the name Ricky Rew. I’m not intrigued by the name, fascinating though it is, I’ve been tremendously blessed by this man primarily because he captures that precious quality of being very real and human and being very much motivated […]
Read More Declaration and Demonstration – Word and Works
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