Do we really value human life? There is enough incendiary material on the issue of abortion, infanticide, capital punishment and euthanasia to keep a fire stoked for a lifetime. These might not be the only life and death and choice issues, but they certainly dominate some people’s thinking when it comes to the matter of […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (9): Valuing LifeYou ever got the impression that someone was just going through the motions. Like they weren’t even really feeling it? I have. I watch some performances in films and some of them look to be really lethargic. I have seen some games of football where one or two of the players have put in a […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (2): Love God … With All Your Heart, Soul, And MindMy guy Stevie Wonder wrote a song about his daughter. He put into song the delight he took in this newborn baby and her growing impact on his life. I enjoyed the song anyway, but when my firstborn made her appearance on the planet, the song took on a whole new level of resonance. It’s […]
Read More It’s LovelyIt’s Excellent: Opening I was sharing with someone I have the honour of tutoring that there two ways to approach learning. Learning to pass or learning to love. For some it’s easier and more constructive to set up an environment for learners to learn to pass and where exceptional students are found stretching them further […]
Read More It’s ExcellentThis was a hymn we used to sing every week in the summer at the church I attended in my childhood days. The hymn title is Purer in Heart. We would sing it at the end of session we referred to as a ‘Missionary Meeting’. (Don’t ask … well don’t ask on this occasion, I’ll […]
Read More It’s PureTrue. I love the Greek meaning of the word looking at it being unconcealed – nothing hidden – it is as plain as day. It reminds me of the state of humanity before the fall – naked and not ashamed. My upbringing had a lot to do with making a big deal of what […]
Read More It’s TrueHe’s a writer. If his talk is anything to go by, he’s a very good writer. In any case, he’s a writer and talks well about aspects of writing. He was speaking about the purpose of dialogue in performing arts and in writing. He said something I hadn’t paid proper attention to previously. Conversation and […]
Read More Disconnect and DialogueIt’s worth mentioning that this blog isn’t always that concerned to keep up with current affairs. If there are special occasions and events of one sort or another, I don’t feel obliged to mention them. So it is just one of those things that this entry so happens to happen on the same day as […]
Read More It’s All In Your HeadA few of us have been making our way through the Beatitudes. To go through any study at all, I am grateful I have some prayer support. What I enjoy about the prayer support is the one I get from one of my favourite people on the planet at the moment. I love this brother […]
Read More How Do You Mourn Well?Bad days. Those days when, with the best intentions in the world, things just go bonkers wrong. Best laid plans and everything go up in smoke. Folks to connect with are not available and the desire to be helpful fails in an epic manner. Just want to be in a huff and shut out the […]
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