There is a great deal of safety buying into simple statements about complex issues. Rather than make things messy and look into how things might work in certain scenarios it can be easier and more simple to just refer to a familiar catchphrase or phrase that has been recited ad nauseaum. For example, if you […]
Read More Have You Ever Thought About What God Teaches About Sex?Lately someone informed me that ‘no one likes to be used’. I know what he meant, but I’m not sure he got the words quite right. We use things every day. We use them without being consciously aware that we’re using them. Take the clothes you’re currently wearing (of course I assume you are wearing […]
Read More Used or AbusedBig shout out to my brother. He pointed me to this video and I’m glad I watched it. Just as I am glad to receive any wisdom however simple, as long as it is wisdom and effectively conveyed, and this fits that classification. Take heed to this piece of wisdom. For His Name’s Sake Shalom […]
Read More Where Communication Starts …When I was a child I had a suspicion, now as a father those suspicions are confirmed. What on earth am I talking about? Bear with me, all will be revealed. I would love to be an interviewer. Some of the learners in my sessions struggle to believe it, but I actually prefer listening to […]
Read More Favourites and Right-FitsI love God for putting in my life beautiful people who helped me to deal with real issues from the perspective of being nothing but real. Real with God, real with the close loved ones and real with myself. When I had marital issues, these people didn’t fudge around the issue and talk in buzzwords […]
Read More Dealing With Real IssuesI read a brilliant tweet from Frank Viola (@FrankViola) this evening which was a quote from Ronald Reagan that said the following. “Status Quo is Latin for the mess we’re in!” Of course my small political comment would be that administrations such as his, Carter’s, Bush’s, Clinton’s and now Obama’s for all their nice words […]
Read More The Agitation And Irritation Of RighteousnessI am a big subscriber to the sad condition of ‘out-of-sight-out-of-mind’. Yeah, it’s a true story. In as much as I have a fairly decent memory, if you’re not in my physical circle of influence, it is likely to be easy for me to relegate you just to those memories. I am not one for […]
Read More Prayer – Out Of Sight But Not Out Of MindBack in the day I was a fairly big Paul McCartney fan. By fairly big I mean I’d take an interest in his music and loved getting it whenever I could, usually through someone else! Now I’d usually post the track over at the Other Place, but there’s a point to putting here. Macca’s lyrics […]
Read More When Will We Be Free From These Distractions?Earlier on this month I had a short post on walking in the light. I want to spend some time exploring what I meant by what I wrote. Depression is real. I am aware of some well-meaning brothers and sisters who wish to think otherwise. I know some well meaning saints in Christ who are […]
Read More Community: Follow The Light Out Of The DarknessThere’s a bit of bother going on in the football world about racist comments made by players. In the media attention mention was made of a precedent of a player being charged with a racist statement. That case was interesting in that the player charged admitted it and made a public apology for his words […]
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