Development, progress and growth. There’s little to disregard about those words. No one wants to regress. Yet sometimes when I hear people talking about ideas, concepts and perspectives on life and contrast them with certain values from centuries and millennia ago, there’s a rather conceited and arrogant approach. It’s as if we’ve really come far […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Advances in IgnoranceYou know all about progress. In the beginning, you created the heavens and earth. On day one you created light. On day two you separated the heavens from the earth and established the realms. On day three you divided the land from the waters and on the land you allowed vegetation to sprout. On day […]
Read More About Progress – A Prayerful ReflectionAre you with me? I am a big fan of that question. If there’s anything that life teaches me is that it’s good to know who you’re with and who’s with you. It’s a real shame to claim to be a part of something only to discover that you were completely deluded. It’s also not […]
Read More We Got Through This TogetherThere was an article that gave some insights to behind the scenes of a documentary. The documentary gave an account of the England football manager over a two decades ago. It was made in a bid to highlight the manager’s confidence that he could get the team to qualify for the World Cup. The manager […]
Read More Can There Be Progress With Access?There are some people who really aren’t keen to recount significant episodes in their past. They don’t like nostalgia, their favourite subject was never history and the moment anyone starts singing ‘Those Were The Days’, they run for cover. There is no time to look back on what happened, there is only going forwards. I […]
Read More AheadHe took me out for a walk. We had gone out for walks before and each one seemed to be longer than the previous one. It didn’t matter at the time, because the walks themselves were great opportunities to connect. He would share what was going on in my life and he gave me a […]
Read More Year Ten – Celebrating Progress: Keep On WalkingI love Steve. He is among the greatest men I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. Great, because he is a man of integrity. He values the truth, he doesn’t take rubbish. His generosity has benefited many and he is humble enough never to make a big deal of it at all. His […]
Read More Can You See Progress?I am not sure where it comes from. It would not surprise me if things like the Protestant Ethic were highly influential in its promotion. What I am referring to is the way that people believe things get better if you work harder. By work harder, the expression usually involves appearing to apply more pressure […]
Read More An Approach to ImprovingMy friend Steve is brilliant. Among the list of aspects that makes him brilliant is his capacity to motivate. One conversation about my lack of fitness and stamina turned into him inviting me to go with him to a gym. That encouragement turned to him actively helping me get to grips with the different stations […]
Read More On the Inside, Coming AlongsideSetbacks are a part of life. Disappointments, betrayals, failings, mistakes all designed to cause varying degrees of pain and hurt. During these times as the ache is felt, an awkward question still emerges. Will you progress? Or will you let these things keep you down and render you hopeless, helpless and in despair? For His […]
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