JJ 24 #26: The Real Deal

We have a role to perform in life. The challenge is not to make it an act. Knowing Jesus as the way, the truth and the life challenged me to discover which part of me was just an act. I had a problem with that for a while. Putting on the act appeared to have […]

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Dryden Shorts: Return

Return. This is not real peace. It’s a mirage. This is not true justice. It’s an illusion. This is not righteousness. It’s a parody. This is not good. It’s a counterfeit. This is not love. It is a twisted, corrupted and dissatisfying sham. To do this requires a rejection of the real deal. It requires […]

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Masks

How apt this picture is in the world in which we live. That is reflected in everyone’s favourite conversation starter ‘How are you?’  As you know you can answer in one of three ways ‘Oh I’m fine, thanks!’ Or ‘I’m not too bad, thanks.’ Or you could try the truth.  Of course you don’t have […]

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Presenting and Producing

When I was at secondary school, I had a brilliant teacher who taught me both Music and English in the first and second years.  Arguably more than any individual, she turned me onto the power of words especially in performance.  Through her I developed an interest in drama, English writing and that kind of thing.  […]

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Real Prayer

I did a public prayer for the first time in ages recently and it was weird.  Weird in the sense that there are certain factors that you consider when you do a public prayer that you might not consider in a private closet prayer.  In as much as it’s a prayer to God on behalf […]

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