Friend Of Sinners

It’s a Friday night and that usually means time to wind down and prepare to celebrate, embrace and enjoy another Sabbath. As I do so, however I reflect on some interesting social encounters of late.  As I reflect on them the label they applied to Jesus springs to mind about him being ‘a friend of […]

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Restoration

The story often referred to as the Prodigal Son is a brilliant example of what the ministry of reconciliation is all about.  In that story a fair bit of credit is given to the wastrel son as he comes to his senses and realises that he could get better quality food back at his home […]

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Gratitude – Being Extra

Usually I prefer the understated, reserved and contained approach to matters.  Rather than look for a raucous laugh by a loud suggestion I prefer the power of the quip, just slip it in the middle of a regular sentence to elicit a wry chuckle to those who pick it up or that little groan by […]

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Let’s Stay Together

I’ve been banging on about faithfulness fairly often this year and I guess for good reason.  In a time when everything dear to me has been put up for grabs and uncertainty is the only certain thing in my life, appreciating the quality of faithfulness and how I often fail but can succeed at it. […]

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My Gratitude

I remember from a very early age singing a hymn called Count Your Blessings.  Looking back the lyrics are fairly basic and simple – count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings, see what God has done.  As ever with the hymns that are sung time and time again from childhood […]

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