Kingdom

It remains incredibly overwhelming to realise that we live under a rule. Before Christ, that rule was by the Prince of the Air whose ability to infiltrate every fibre of life truly tarnished a creation made so beautiful.  The effects of relationships, the damage done in marriages, families, communities and nations has been the backdrop […]

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Beyond

As a follower of Jesus, we have the opportunity to operate in two worlds. There is the world as informed by our physical senses and cultural influences. This is the first world we encounter and as a result is the primary world that informs us of life. When we walk with the Lord in the […]

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Scrappy

I thank God for cartoons. Back in the day … back in my day (80’s to mid 90’s), there were lots of stories and values conveyed cleverly in cartoons. Good cartoons. Cartoons that a parent could safely leave their son to watch for hours without any disturbance, There are many that could be mentioned, but […]

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Allegiance

Apparently the British are not all that patriotic, My resident expert pointed out that when he was in Canada, he could tell quite clearly that these people were passionate about their country through the flags displayed virtually everywhere. Journeying south to the USA, my expert knew immediately from again the flags and other material that […]

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What A Waste Of Time

God is good. He gives us so much. Yet of all we’ve been given the one we can so easily fail to appreciate is time. On reflection it just appears as if so much of my time has been wasted. The pointless conversations, telly programmes, whiling the time away on rubbish. In the context of […]

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Just Some Jesus Questions

If we’re not careful, the issues of life will successfully distract us from the real purpose to living. I was mindful of that recently when I was talking with a friend about some church matters, especially on how we grow together in Christ.  In the light of that I had some questions to share with […]

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Dealing With The System

On this occasion, it’s King Arthur’s fault. Arthur Sido over at The Voice Of One Crying In Suburbia, recently posted something on a some good stuff he’d come across.  One of the posts he referred to was by Dan Edelen over at Cerulean Sanctum.  As the linking goes, that post was part of a series […]

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Journey into Joy in the Communion – Part 4 Mission and the Lord’s Supper

It’s been quite the personal journey into joy of the communion.  It’s worth remembering where we’ve been. The prologue outlined the deal in the meal.  The first part proper gave insight into my beginnings, whilst the second part gave the seeds to the change that was a coming.  The third part showed the awakening that […]

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