Some people can’t seem to catch a break. They make a mistake, they are heavily chastised for that mistake. They work hard at keeping themselves out of trouble. In a moment of temptation, when under great pressure they slip up again. The grief they face for it makes the previous chastened experience appear tame in […]
Read More Getting Your Act Together Still Takes TimeThere is a difference between being submissive and being a walk over. It’s a pity in a day and age that scoffs at anything less than being forward, confident and fully assured that taking a back step, being submissive and seeking to understand others is considered weak. It’s a pity because time after time it […]
Read More Gaining Favour Increases Influence By Being CompliantIt was not my favourite job. My attitude didn’t help. I felt it was beneath me. I felt it was not fitting for one of my abundant talents and capabilities. (You can tell I am used to being modest.) Thankfully I had a sobering experience that snapped me out of my pompous attitude. As I […]
Read More Getting Used To Being In Strategic PositionsMy Dad is my example in presenting a calm, considered response to situations. I have no recollection of my Dad having a fierce temper. I have little recall of him raising his voice or needing to shout. I’m not saying these things didn’t happen, I’m saying I can’t remember him doing these things. My memories […]
Read More Gentle Replies Defuse Explosive Situations Creating OpportunitiesThere is a saying that suggests sometimes it’s good to be bad. It’s not just a saying whipped out by the villain in a cartoon. There is an element in people that allows for a little bad from time to time. Perhaps the little white lie, maybe not putting in as much effort at work. […]
Read More Growing Pains 2: Called To Be HolyThere is something about those who seek peace that makes them very uneasy with injustice. Anything that brings injustice upsets any shalom or wholeness that looks to take place. It’s not so much a theory about the need for balance in the universe. It is more about the cry for harmony, and where there is […]
Read More Say What You See: Justice SeekersChildren are brilliant. I have recollections of my childhood as being relatively trouble-free. Now ‘relatively’ is the key word here. At the time, fighting with my brother, falling over and scraping my knee was a problem to me. Riding a bicycle, falling over and scraping my knee was a problem to me. Playing games with […]
Read More Say What You See: Creativity CelebratedShe said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.” […]
Read More Say What You See: Generous HospitalityIn the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. (Acts 2:17) Peter says something significant is happening on this particular day of Pentecost. In no uncertain terms, he suggests that what is taking place reflects […]
Read More Say What You See: Dreams RealisedThey can sound so convincing. We live in a day and age when we want to hear things that are life affirming. We want to hear we can do it. We want to hear those words that let us soar and believe we are capable of great things. We can then feel a lot of […]
Read More Listening To The Wrong Voices
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