There are benefits to learning on the journey. Bumps, scrapes, bruises and scratches. Laughter, fun, joy and feasting. All of these and more feature on the journey. It won’t be the same for everyone. It won’t feel the same for everyone on the same track. Yet they may well benefit from what you learnt on […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: For Your JourneyIt’s intriguing to reflect on the method in which progress is made in life’s journey. The desire of many parents is to know that their children have confident independence. There’s the gradual push away from the attachment and dependence for food, shelter and nurture. There is a strengthening of bonds by that initial nurturing, but […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Confident in DependenceIt is remarkable how easy it is to be focused on yourself in the journey as though it’s just about you. It doesn’t take a lot. You know how you feel, you know what’s happening to you, you’re the one going through it. Given half the chance you’ll unload to sommeone else just how things […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: You Gotta Keep GoingShe was right. The way she was treated was disrespectful. No consideration was given for who she is and what was requested of her. It was as if she should just be on hand like a disposable piece of material. Unsurprisingly, the response was not forthcoming. You have got to treat people right. (Photo by […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: Treat People RightFor a while she had a problem. Her problem was that in as much as we were married, it felt like something that was real in name only. She lived with him. They slept in the same bed together. Occasionally they even talked. For all of that, though, she felt like he was still looking […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: She Is With Me On The JourneyRecently the journey explored the tragedy of Israel’s failings in keeping a faithful covenant relationship with God. That failing expressed throughout their history from their wilderness experiences, to their early years in the Promised Land even to the age of the kings and the return of the people from exile. It was not relayed to […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Cut the Ties to Progress Pt. 2Treaties and Alliances: Solomon was said to be the wisest man. His wisdom was known throughout a wide region in his day and the legacy impacted people for generations afterwards and still influences people today. For all that wisdom, however, he sowed the seeds to his own demise with his collection of wives. Those wives […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Cut the Ties to Progress Pt. 1Everyone around the table knew they had a contribution to make. They came prepared. Prepared to receive what others had to contribute. Prepared to share what they had to contribute. The preparation was not the same because what they had to contribute was not the same. The variety kept people intrigued. What they shared enriched […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: At the TableHow did that detachment happen? Did He really say that you will die? You won’t die. You’ll be like Him. You won’t need Him. You’ll be able to do it on your own. From that has come the offer of other sips of deception. Sip One: Why listen to them? What do they know? They […]
Read More Never DetachedThere’s being family and being with family. It’s an honour to be family. To be a part of people of outstanding character and personality. To talk about it, to reminisce and to know it’s who I am. It’s even better to be with family. Support and be supported by them, enjoy their company, engage in […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Thankful for Family
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