It’s Praiseworthy

There’s quite a lot of things that get praise. Someone sings a song on television and it gets praise. Someone scores a goal and it gets praise. Someone draws a picture and it gets praise. Someone makes a meal and it gets praise. You name it and it gets praise for it. A lot of […]

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It’s Lovely

My guy Stevie Wonder wrote a song about his daughter. He put into song the delight he took in this newborn baby and her growing impact on his life. I enjoyed the song anyway, but when my firstborn made her appearance on the planet, the song took on a whole new level of resonance. It’s […]

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It’s Admirable

Imagine that you and I are seated in the front room. We’re in those couches are armchairs designed to help you relax. Whatever refreshments we want are on the coffee table in the middle of the room, but we can just sit back and feel comfortable whilst some steady and smooth music plays in the […]

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It’s Excellent

It’s Excellent: Opening I was sharing with someone I have the honour of tutoring that there two ways to approach learning. Learning to pass or learning to love. For some it’s easier and more constructive to set up an environment for learners to learn to pass and where exceptional students are found stretching them further […]

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It’s Pure

This was a hymn we used to sing every week in the summer at the church I attended in my childhood days. The hymn title is Purer in Heart. We would sing it at the end of session we referred to as a ‘Missionary Meeting’. (Don’t ask … well don’t ask on this occasion, I’ll […]

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It’s Noble

Some words have a feel to them. The word noble, in my hearing, has the feeling something old and posh. It’s not a word I hear often mentioned in my circles unless there’s a mock posh voice or unless it’s being mentioned in jest. Maybe that’s just the people I hang around. Maybe that’s just […]

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It’s True

  True. I love the Greek meaning of the word looking at it being unconcealed – nothing hidden – it is as plain as day. It reminds me of the state of humanity before the fall – naked and not ashamed. My upbringing had a lot to do with making a big deal of what […]

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