I appreciate not everyone can make a note of ideas as it comes to them either handwritten, typed or recorded in an audio format. For some items to make notes on are luxuries they can’t afford. It’s still worth me saying, though, thank you for ideas. Thank you for the ideas you pursue and achieve. […]
Read More Just An Idea … About IdeasWell meaning, good intentioned people in their well meaning expression of good intentions, sometimes get things wrong. It’s particularly the case when it’s coming from well meaning good intentions that don’t start from the premise of a good relationship. Like people feeling they have permission to talk to you about your life without the insight […]
Read More Just Because They Mean Well …The sporting context was the first time I really appreciated partnerships. In as much as it is a team sport with 11 players on each side, there were certain areas where two players connected to be productive for the team because of the understanding they developed. Some at times referred to a sort of telepathy […]
Read More PartnershipsA third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. (Luke 23:22-23 ESV) Aspects of the crucifixion of Jesus […]
Read More A Look at Luke 23 – Prevailing VoicesOne of the remarkable things about the parable of the Good Samaritan is that this guy who helped out didn’t even know who he was helping. All that mattered to him was here was a man who was beaten up and in need of medical support. The point that’s usually received from the parable is […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – NeighbourNow the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable … (Luke 15:1-3) When there is good news it’s a great reason to celebrate. It’s sad when other people don’t […]
Read More A Look At Luke 15 – Reason to CelebrateHe said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the […]
Read More A Look at Luke 14 – Banquet InvitationsTo you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ (Luke 8:10 ESV) People are healed from different diseases and he’s preaching a word that’s captivating and reinforced by the various […]
Read More A Look At Luke 8 – When The Word Is HeardBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:35-36 ESV) The teachings of Jesus are still […]
Read More A Look at Luke 6 – Godly LoveAll human life has value. To unlawfully take human life is one of the worst things one human does to another. Indeed it is such a crime that it’s one of the first things God deals with after the flood – the consequence for the unlawful taking of a life. “Whoever sheds the blood of […]
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