They set out at dawn. For a while all that was heard was the rhythmic crunching of feet on the gravel. After a while, the front man did the rally call. As usual it started low – his call, their response – low and in line with each step they took. The front man kept […]
Read More A March: Commitment to the CallConditioned. The four men – Tim, John, Greg and Simon – had agreed that to some degree they were all conditioned. As they chuckled and took another bite of their meal or swig of their drink, Simon asked the question, “How do we know that the way we were conditioned or are being conditioned is […]
Read More Diligence: Truth for Reconditioning (Part Two)Conditioned. The four men, as they sat around the table, came to the conclusion that it was good to recognise that all of their lives in one way or another, they had been conditioned. They had been conditioned not just by ideology, but by accepted practices. Two of the men, Tim and John, had been […]
Read More Diligence: Truth for Reconditioning (Part One)Being among saints is not primarily a spectator sport. That’s not always the impression you can come away with if you peruse certain circles. This is why the walk of faith calls for diligence to walk it among the brothers and sisters. It is a great privilege to truly engage in life following Jesus with […]
Read More Diligence: With Brothers and SistersSometimes I wonder if God is dropping a hint about the importance of giving someone something to eat. When God made man in His own image, He put him in a garden to work it and keep it. And in that garden there was fruit for him to eat. When Abraham saw three strangers come […]
Read More Meal Power: Give Them Something To EatI like the word favour. I am also keen on the word favourite. So reading scriptures is a pleasant experience when it comes to those episodes where one person finds favour in the eyes of another. There’s a particular episode in scripture that I came across that really made me smile a big old grin […]
Read More If I Have Found FavourI don’t mind reminiscing at all. It has its benefits. If moving to Stoke-on-Trent twenty years ago was a significant deal for me as a single man, leaving Stoke-on-Trent ten years ago with two very young children and a third child on the way was just as much of a big deal. In fact leaving […]
Read More Working With Good PeopleThere are times when you reflect on relationships and see that things changed and not for the better. It’s easier to remember those who did you wrong. Is it as easy to recall when you were the perpetrator? Those quiet moments when you reflect reveal so much. Yeah, maybe … no not maybe … definitely. […]
Read More When You Mess It UpIt is true. It’s not that everything that was going on was wrong. There may very well be some good in what is being done. The life of following Jesus, however, does include a degree of challenging everything. Everything. You think it’s a given that being married is a good thing. You see your upbringing […]
Read More Everything Changes From Where You AreIt’s a cosy room. Not cramped. Not small. Cosy. There’s a settee and two armchairs. Set like a square. There’s a coffee table in the middle. Typically Charlie and Joan take the armchairs and can still occasionally share loving touches. Henry and Anna are happy to take the settee and sit close to each other. […]
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