If we don’t breathe we don’t live. I recently considered what sort of things happen to stop the breathing. Lack of food and drink certainly can contribute to the end of living. More critically, real concern comes from the actions we carry out that stifle people and that stifling leads to strangling the life out […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – KillersOne of the simplest things in life is one of the most fundamental. Inhale – exhale. Intake – let out. Each living human being does that. Failure to do so over a particular length of time leads to the end of the term as a ‘living’ human being. Humans thus know that the best way […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – BreatheThe first commandment with a promise of the positive kind refers to honouring parents. The promise attached refers to living long in the promised land. It’s interesting that the promise is about living long. The thought of living long for some leaves them petrified. The image of getting old, losing some sense and ending up […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – LongThe sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him. (Proverbs 31:1 NIV) Proverbs 31 is usually highlighted for what it says about the virtuous wife from verse 10 to 31. What’s fascinating to me is the chapter as a whole – the final chapter of the book on wisdom is given to the […]
Read More 16MTP 31 – What The Royal Mum Says To Live WellI appreciate the life of parents. Good parents give their children enough room to grow and learn about themselves vitally inputting principles in which they can be guided. Good parents know how to cultivate the lives of those entrusted to their care giving them a set up for life. I appreciate the method of good […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – CultivateFor lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. (Proverbs 26:20, 21 ESV) It’s not all good stuff in Proverbs. That is to say there a number of times when the […]
Read More 16MTP 26 – Out Like A LightOne of the aspects of a time for everything under the heavens is that there is a time for things to finish. Great meals finish. Brilliant books come to an end. Superb movies close. Heart-moving songs reach their finale. Sweet conversations conclude. Sad though it is there’s something fitting about the end of things. As […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FinishA much wiser man than I remarked that there is a time for every season under the sun. One of my favourite TV programmes is about a man who travels through time and space. the concept of time intrigues me and the knowledge that there is a time for everything intrigues me further. Past, present […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – TimeBy wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established, through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. (Proverbs 24:3, 4 NIV) It has been my great honour and privilege to be involved in a number of projects and initiatives that have left a positive impact on people’s lives.When I consider […]
Read More 16MTP 24 – Three Key IngredientsIt is something I could relate to very well albeit from a different experience. They called him disruptive, they said he was a nuisance, they couldn’t get an official diagnosis but they had written him off as a hyperactive, inconsiderate and intemperate slob. They chucked him out of one school and he would have been […]
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