There’s a lot to be said for knowing what belongs to you. Owning stuff is something, but knowing that before the stuff there’s knowing I own myself. My words, my thoughts, my actions, my behaviour – all of these belong to me. The words on here are words that come from me and so I […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – OwnershipOne of the best examples of being faithful comes back to remind me about key things about what that concept is and what it is not. Being faithful is not blind complicity and subsequent conformity. She was getting victimised and bullied in church. This woman, still married and with her brood of children was being […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FaithfulA greater desire for intimacy is a great motor in the relationships that matter. The great challenge in relationship is to renew and refresh the desire for intimacy. Familiarity and routine can sometimes wear down the desire. Complacency sets in and before long the love grows cold and other interests take precedence. One way to […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – IntimacyOne of the things that fascinated me about the Lennon and McCartney dynamic was that it was the first time I had heard of the concept of collaboration. (As it turned out this was a concept I should have been very familiar with because of my time at church, but that’s a different story.) Here […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – CollaborationAgain, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? (Ecclesiastes 4:11 ESV) One of the things I am reading is a book by Peter Doggett called You Never Give Me Your Money recounting the events that lead to the end of the Beatles and what happened afterwards. It’s a […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – TogetherThe command regarding not unlawfully taking another life is not just a prohibition. All human life is sacred and valuable as reflection of the image of God. That is not just something we acknowledge in stopping from illegally taking. It’s something we acknowledge in actively celebrating life. We have an idea about that when it […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – CelebrateAll human life has value. To unlawfully take human life is one of the worst things one human does to another. Indeed it is such a crime that it’s one of the first things God deals with after the flood – the consequence for the unlawful taking of a life. “Whoever sheds the blood of […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – PricelessIf we don’t breathe we don’t live. I recently considered what sort of things happen to stop the breathing. Lack of food and drink certainly can contribute to the end of living. More critically, real concern comes from the actions we carry out that stifle people and that stifling leads to strangling the life out […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – KillersOne of the simplest things in life is one of the most fundamental. Inhale – exhale. Intake – let out. Each living human being does that. Failure to do so over a particular length of time leads to the end of the term as a ‘living’ human being. Humans thus know that the best way […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – BreatheThe first commandment with a promise of the positive kind refers to honouring parents. The promise attached refers to living long in the promised land. It’s interesting that the promise is about living long. The thought of living long for some leaves them petrified. The image of getting old, losing some sense and ending up […]
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