A good wisdom nugget someone dropped in my lap a while back was this: Not all help is helpful. There was a narrative of history that made things simple to understand in the formative stages of learning history. That narrative went as follows: a few hundred years ago the monarch received requests from intrepid explorers […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check the HelpThe question was why. Why did we do things the way we did them? Why were things the way they were? Why did we think the way that we did? Why? I was conversing with my brother and we were reflecting on the role television played in our upbringing. It played a big part. There […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check The ProgrammingLimitless. People would love it somethings were limitless. What’s often forget is that it may be limitless, but they are not. They are limited. It’s one thing, however, to recognise that you are limited and it’s a differnt thing when others look to be limiting. Especially limiting you to never achieve what could be limitless. […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: Limited and LimitingThere were just half a dozen of them. Two married couples – Gary and Ruth along with John and Rachel and a young man called David and an elderly woman called Geraldine. They had professed to follow Jesus and were at various stages of their walk with Him. They had a love for Him and […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: The Light MovementDo you remember those first days at work? As in first days that you ever did work? Not the paper rounds, or helping your parents out with their stuff, I mean the first days at work. I watched my parents come from work tired. It was fascinating doing that for the first time myself. I […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Get With The ProgrammeIt doesn’t look as though things are working out as you hoped. You’re given the task to do and you apply yourself to it as much as you could. You resolved to depend on God totally to carry out the task. You did not get the support and you did not get the understanding. From […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Persevere in the JourneyHere’s a trustworthy saying – libraries fulfil their function when they are full of books. Libraries used to be a location in which I took great delight and found great respite. The books in particular that caught my interest gave an outline and some insight into people, teams or organisations. I found those outlines fascinating. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Library ContributionsAt the age of 14 with others in my year group we were given a choice of one of three subjects to study further at school. The options were geography, history and religious studies. It was not an easy choice to make. Two of those subjects were very interesting indeed. It was going to be […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: The Cartographer… Pick up the pace now. Come on, faster. Full sprint now, come on! OK, alright, now slow it down. Slow it down further. Even slower now, no need to even jog. Even slower than the fast walk. That’s it, strolling now. Pay attention to your breathing. That’s it. Keep that pace now. Take it […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: PaceBeing new to the area, Craig was just settling into being a part of the regulars at the pub. Of all the people who frequented the local, it was Tom who intrigued him. Craig took the chance on one occasion and knew he gould get some time when he offered to pay for Tom’s tipple. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Redeeming the Rogue (Part Two)
Life With CD 