Analogies. I love them. One picture to help with the point that you’re making. A picture that is easy to understand and its basics can be seen in the other side. Football analogies. I love them. I love football. I have a point to make. I make the point by using something I love. Just […]
Read More Playing Out Of PositionMy dear brothers and sisters who happen to live on the other side of the pond will be celebrating their Independence Day. Of course Will Smith won’t be defeating aliens to give the President a chance t talk about those values that makes America so great, but I can imagine a fair few proud Americans […]
Read More Talking Point: Pledging Allegiance – The Disciple of Christ and PatriotismLast week a scandal rocked the banking industry in England as it was discovered that certain traders in a particular bank were carrying on with illegal behaviour to gain a profit. The implications of the scandal has lead to officials high up in the organisation resigning from their positions. To get a little more of […]
Read More Addressing The Issue – Getting To The Roots – Culture ChangeImagine having everything you ever wanted. Like me you might have a wish-list that’s useful for when people want to get you a birthday present. Multiply all those kind of wishes and just envisage getting it all. Now ask yourself this question. Am I now satisfied? Chances are, if you take the challenge seriously and […]
Read More Keeping It SimpleYou must be choking. No I’m not suggesting that your name is Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon this year. (Nice reference to latest events, eh?) I am referring to being choked by the cares of this life. You might recall the Parable of the Sower and Jesus doing us the favour of […]
Read More News and the Cares of this LifeProbably 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?
