This is the set up. The room will be quiet. There will be a table with the laptop open. There will be a Bible open on a scripture. I will sing a song, then read the scripture. During that I might make notes on the scripture. I will pray about what I’ve read and also […]
Read More Time For DevotionalLife is so hard. I read that somewhere. I heard it somewhere else. I even said it. On one or two (hundred) occasions. In the light of walking with Jesus and knowing of the gospel message, I thought maybe God’s original plan in making man, was to avoid life being hard. Then I read this […]
Read More Life Is Hard – But …I asked this question on Twitter recently. Would you change your behaviour if you were shown, beyond any doubt, that it was ineffective, a waste of time and dangerous? That might seem like a fairly straightforward question to answer, until you compare it to experiences both observed and endured. I will talk about myself and […]
Read More Defeating The Power Of Negative ConditioningI was asked to share something about discipleship with a multi-generational group of people recently. As you may have gathered having a brief scan of this site, I take inspiration from various sources. On this occasion, I was inspired by the song above. Growing up my Mum loved her some Andrae Crouch. Like the dutiful […]
Read More Living This Kind Of LifeHere on these British Isles there once lived a sports commentator called David Coleman. I remember some of the commentaries Coleman made on sporting occasions primarily through the video footage. I distinctly recall him talking of some feat being ‘quite remarkable’. The way he said it was so unique years after his retirement it echoes […]
Read More From The Quite Remarkable To The Most RemarkableNeutrality is a wonderful idea. The thought that you’re not involved in either side and will not be drawn to pick sides, but maintain a position beyond the fray has its merits. It’s a lovely idea because it is there to give people an out from something they’d prefer to avoid. Neutrality, however, is not […]
Read More Part of the Solution Not the ProblemThere is the old television Catchphrase based on the premise that contestants watch an animated enaction of a famous catchphrase and they say what they see. I sat in a church service recently where there was talk about wanting to see the Holy Spirit in action in the lives of people bringing deliverance to support […]
Read More Church Life: Say It and See ItI am up for correction on this, but I believe there are only two questions in life that matter above all other questions. Who is God? Who am I? I reckon everything comes out of answering those questions above all else and life is worth living pursuing those two questions. As well as that, there […]
Read More Only Two QuestionsLife. I get it. Mortgage or rent to be paid. That means you need a decent paying job that will eat up a lot of the hours in the week. That doesn’t leave time for much else on a week day. By the time the weekend comes around, we’re just about able to muster the […]
Read More Too BusyThere are some days I don’t want to go through. It gives me a headache thinking of them as they approach, and when they come the headache worsens. It might be an impending bill, a dreaded inspection or a cataclysmic confrontation that needs to take place which might get messy. I am not a big […]
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