The question with which I finished a recent entry asked myself the serious question – would I dare to be a Daniel? It would be easy to fall into extremes of the confident ‘yes of course I would, I would do it for Jesus’ or the defeated ‘maybe I’m too weak to risk those that […]
Read More Would I Dare To Be A Daniel?Recently I watched a documentary called The Most Dangerous Man in America. This gave an insight into what Daniel Ellsberg did to release what is known as the Pentagon Papers, a top secret government document that gave startling revelations of the relations America had with Vietnam. The scandal arose around the significant discrepancies between public […]
Read More Dare To Be A Daniel Ellsberg?The set-up is straight forward. I give one extreme, I give the opposite extreme, you agree that they are extreme and we agree that we should shift from them both and find the middle ground. That is applied to a number of arguments. In a lot of cases, it makes sense. It works. It’s applicable. […]
Read More It Is Not Always About Finding The Middle GroundI just could not do it any more. One of my (many) problems is that I am not really the confrontational type. I can be brusque and up front and blunt when I want to be, and I’ve been informed that I can appear somewhat intimidating at times, though I put that down to the […]
Read More Compassion or ComplacencySo in certain versions of the Bible the bit that outlines Jesus’ guide to prayer they stop at the bit that talks about forgiving. I understand that bit. I am still a sucker, though, for the KJV ending that talks about acknowledging that the Kingdom, power and glory belongs to God. Today I had another […]
Read More For Thine Is The …This is another instalment in the Question of Identity series. To find out more you can read the introductory entry by clicking here. As you might have noticed, across the pond, our American cousins are gearing themselves up for Tuesday’s Presidential elections. As with the General Election, this time in the political season can evoke […]
Read More QOI: Who Has My Vote?There is a really interesting scenario affecting a friend of mine. It’s a prayer point for you to consider. She delivers training on behalf of one company (Company A) to the clients of another company (Company B) who are delivering a contract on beha;f of another company (Company C). Her prime aim is to help […]
Read More Expectations and RealityIt is presidential election season over the pond and the debates are up and running and people are being given reasons to vote for him and not vote for him. It is this time of year that the arguments are rolled out about the importance of voting and what was done to ensure people had […]
Read More No Vote, No Voice?Being a Christian is a fascinating walk of peace in a war torn world. The older I get, the more I value the peace that comes from above. I treasure it as something very different from versions of peace that come from alternate sources. For example there is the version of peace where two warring […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is … Conflict and PeaceI think some people are called to be misfits. Reading about some of the characters in the Bible and their popularity with the status quo (or lack of), and their ability to bring grief to the authorities of the day, the role of a misfit seems somewhat inevitable. It is sad, however, when people feel […]
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