My parents worked hard day and night to provide a good home for their children. They worked in the place of employment during the day and during the night they worked just as hard in their diligence around the home and in engaging with their children and their church family. In fact to some degree […]
Read More Learning About RestIt’s good to stretch yourself. That’s not something I was always comfortable with. My preference back in the day was always to look for the path of least resistance. Certain things came easier to me than others, so I would tend to stay doing those things that came easier to me. That plan seemed to […]
Read More Dealing With the Stretch of LifeThere were five of us in the household. Dad, Mum, my older sister, my younger brother and I. Looking back, the upbringing was fairly simple. My Dad wasn’t given to extravagances of any kind and wasn’t one to waste money at all. My Mum would be the one more likely to look at the occasional […]
Read More Small GainsThere is a Stevie Wonder song I love a lot. I love it a lot and it’s on an album I love a lot as well. The song and the album came to mind while I was sitting and hearing a conversation taking place. The content of the conversation was very sad. It was the […]
Read More Finally, the Right Place For BlameAfter all he did to you, how are you still able to talk to him? How are you even able to talk well about him to others? You had every right to be bitter. It would at least be understandable if you mentioned his name with a painful twinge. Others have told us about the […]
Read More Thanks, Learn and RejoiceThere are times when it is good to ask questions. Those questions can vary in depth, but when certain things crop up, certain circumstances appear to conspire, it appears as if everything is up in the air. Nothing is grounded. Nothing is as safe as it was. In times like that, it might appear comforting […]
Read More About When It’s All Up In The AirWe were talking about a scenario. A leader of a Christian gathering decided to disguise himself as a beggar and see how the congregation treated him. As it transpired the congregants on the whole either ignored and dismissed him or worse actively shunned him and hoped he would stay out of any prominent place. When […]
Read More My Eyes Are DryThey told us that we were celebrating the crystal anniversary. Obviously that got me asking the question: What is a crystal? Meanwhile, what makes this anniversary particularly special is that this will be the only time we celebrate the year of our wedding on the date number. We thought about what we could do to […]
Read More Year Fifteen – What’s A Crystal?True strength can be experienced when we acknowledge we have no strength at all. People can go through experiences and emerge from it. This is not an indication that they are stronger. The thing about being strong for some is about a brave face, not giving anyone a hint of vulnerability or pain. This encourages […]
Read More Year Fourteen – StrongerSometimes you don’t know how bad it is until you realise just how far you’ve sunk. There is a really impressive capacity for self-deception. Keep the self busy, maintain certain routines, keep up appearances and most importantly tell yourself, you have it under control. It might be tight, but you have it under control. It […]
Read More Year Thirteen – From Sinking Sand
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