Jesus loved food. I am so glad that a lot of what Jesus did involved food and drink. It’s so basic to our existence it is the ideal avenue through which relationships can be built. It’s a brilliant point of service to share meals with those who hunger. It’s a great expression of fellowship as […]
Read More Say What You See: Delightful MealsIt’s sad that people can misunderstand the term intimate and only think it involves the sensual and sexual. It’s sad because it can help reinforce a barrier we put up to prevent people getting too close to us. That to a degree is fine if we subscribe to a ‘trust no one’ mentality. However when […]
Read More Say What You See: Intimate FellowshipDifferent things motivate what I write about. I’m delighted to say joy is one of them. It’s worth me recording at the moment what gives me tremendous joy. That is the state of my marriage. My wife is a source of extreme joy to me. She is an amazing woman getting through all she gets […]
Read More What Makes Me Happy PresentlyIt’s been bugging me for a while and even in writing what I’ve written about it, the itch hasn’t been sorted. I am referring to the issue of mutual submission. I started it in general when considering it as the key response in how we can work together. Putting flesh on those bones I looked […]
Read More Mutual Submission: Fruitful Relationships2 Corinthians is a fascinating letter. Somewhere around the middle of it, Paul implores the church to join in the giving scheme. I read that section of scripture and am bothered about giving. Paul is not talking about tithing or anything like that, he’s talking about organising aid for those fellow believers suffering elsewhere. His […]
Read More Giving What Is NeededRecently I wrote about how Jesus is looking for partakers, not just observers, spectators or contributors. What I considered at the time of writing was the importance that when Jesus invites us to be partakers, he invites us to be partakers in the divine life. Through His broken body and shed blood, He allows us […]
Read More Bringing It To LightI wonder if the disciples knew what was about to happen. The description of the last few hours Jesus spends with disciples before His arrest as captured in John’s gospel account is fascinating. All the gospel accounts record incidents in which Jesus clearly informs His disciples that He will be killed and then return in […]
Read More Love To The ExtremeThe love of God is real. When I am down and feeling low there are good people around me. Now that could be said for anyone, it doesn’t have to be a Christian. The difference with the community of Jesus Followers, though, is how this love is not just about making you feel good. It […]
Read More Thanks For The LoveI sat with a group of people that I respect highly. All of them committed followers of Jesus. Among other things we were sharing stories of our walk with Jesus. Someone said something that startled me. She said that in all the years she had been in church, and for as long as she could […]
Read More Here Is The LoveGrowing up often calls for changes. Attitudes and views held can be challenged and discarded. Relationships often take a different path some ending as others begin. Lifestyles may alter along with income and location. There is nothing necessarily wrong with these developments in and of themselves. Problems can arise, however, if arrogance begins to emerge. […]
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