Whatever your take is on divinity, it still fascinates me that we are made in the image of God. Today a very wise and noble person informed me that humanity was the first aspect of creation derived from joyful collaboration and consultation. Where the previous days had seen instructions given and followed, the creation of […]
Read More Treasuring RelationshipsThere are times when I feel like my life is a mess. Everything in disarray and I do well just to survive the day. Jeez, it can feel too much sometimes and I throw up my hands and look up wonder why. So much for being a child of God and all that. Then I […]
Read More When Life is Like a Jigsaw PuzzleThere is something convenient about having something neatly packaged together. As a big fan of Pop Tarts (chocolate flavour or the strawberry one as you asked), it’s great to know that the two will be freshly kept in their foil wrapping and that foil wrapping will be neatly kept in a box. All neat and […]
Read More No Simple PackageThere have been crucial stages in my life where I expected help to come in particular ways through particular avenues. If I got hurt, these people would help me, surely. If I got stuck, these people would help me, surely. If I was in a mess, these people would help me, surely. Surely, right? If […]
Read More It’s Not As You Expect ItRecently I was reminded of the importance of being before doing. That is to say always remember that from my identity in Christ flows what I do, what I say and what I think. I am not to be hung up on looking to fix spiritual problems with physical solutions. That reminder was necessary because […]
Read More Who You Were Is Not Always Who You AreCrowds may be fascinated with the act, it’s only the crew that are on the inside given the insight on what makes it all possible. In as much as the crowd may get a kick out of the act, it’s the way the crew grow and improve that matters more. As relationships grow in the […]
Read More Just the CrewThe thing about reading scripture in the morning is that it can set you up for the rest of the day. Lately what I have tended to do is have the chapter on audio and repeated while I develop what I write about it. That can take as long as an hour at times, so […]
Read More There Must Be Something In The WaterThere are some situations in life which are simply unacceptable. Our capacity for acts of evil to each other is not something to be happy about and when we commit such acts there is no need to excuse it, overlook it or neglect it. Even forgiveness is an active response to it that suggests that […]
Read More Taking the GoodI am not sure where it comes from. It would not surprise me if things like the Protestant Ethic were highly influential in its promotion. What I am referring to is the way that people believe things get better if you work harder. By work harder, the expression usually involves appearing to apply more pressure […]
Read More An Approach to ImprovingIt must be genetic, but all my daughters ask probing questions. The eldest in particular can be insistent on a line of enquiry when the mood takes her. Recently, on one of the numerous walks we take together, she asked me a series of questions about what I would do if she did certain things. […]
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