Probably the best job I ever had was working for the North Staffs YMCA. If ever there was a job that proved that there’s more to life than getting loads of money it was that one. I came across, served and worked alongside a number of people young and old who for one reason or […]
Read More What To Do With PovertyI read this article and I was angered. The news surrounds the sentencing of a ‘drugs lord’ who had been trafficking drugs and being a menace to some in an area of Jamaica. I was not angered by the sentencing. I was angered by the levels of corruption and injustice that can be seen at […]
Read More Injustice from the Bottom UpOn sojoruning through dark times in my life, one of the things I came across rather heavily was the truth that I do not have the right. A brief, half-hearted read of the apparent Sermon of the Mount sees Jesus not dishing out a bunch of rights for me to demand from others and from […]
Read More Serve or Be Served: I Don’t Have The Right – I Have The ResponsibilityWhoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. (Proverbs 19:17) There is no greater example of this attitude than in the life of Jesus who was known for his engagement with those considered to be poor, materially and socially. In fact for the King of Glory […]
Read More MTP19 Remix – Remembering The PoorGrowing up with a fascination in systems of power and the stories of justice, liberation, control, slavery means some of my hobbies and interests, pastimes and pursuits would not necessarily be part of the mainstream. At this stage of my maturing process I still don’t have a lot of concrete conviction based answers on certain […]
Read More Is There Not A Cause?I think it was Frank Viola that turned me onto the works of T. Austin-Sparks (TAS). For those who don’t know Viola is follower of Jesus (always a good start) who is passionate about believers recognising and embracing the Eternal Purpose of God in Christ Jesus (good part as well, he’s alright so far is […]
Read More Do You Realise What You’ve Just Done?This might come as a major shock and surprise to some who know me as one who endeavours to follow Jesus, but follow me on this. I really do think Jesus was onto something. I know. It’s a shocker. You probably weren’t expecting that. It might have come like a bolt from the blue. There […]
Read More Children Still Live The DreamToday I read about a school in Western Australia that has removed the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in its school assemblies because of a state ruling that schools should not favour one religion over another. You can read the article yourself by clicking this underlined and highlighted area. Considering it was from a Christian […]
Read More Prayer, Schools, The State and The Kingdom AgendaAlmost two years ago I wrote on the issue of Divided Loyalties and something I was considering today brought up the same matter. Obviously worth reading the original by clicking the link and then pop back here. I’ll still be here when you get back. Done? OK, good. So I was considering the issue of […]
Read More The Matter of LoyaltyThere are some songs that take a while to grow on you. This is one of them. When I first heard it I was wondering why it would even be considered a gospel song thinking that the only thing making it such was the fact it was sung by a gospel singer. I thought it […]
Read More CD Songs: Dreamin’ – Andrae Crouch
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