Lost and Found

Lose myself. Lose myself in a book. Lose myself in a movie. Lose myself in a game. Lose myself in a relationship. Lose myself in... Have you ever considered the phrase 'lose myself'? I listed a few of the ways I have lost myself (and still lose myself) when I am feeling weak, down, hurt …

Actions Speak Louder than Words

I was reading a blog last night, an excellent discussion on the concept of the Trinity looking at ways we try to explain it and the problems that arise from that explanation when we try to capture God in human understanding. There was a quote at the end that I just loved. Lest you become …

I Won’t Get Fooled Again

There's an old saying - you can fool some of the people all of the time and you can fool all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. From experience, I think that's true. There are some people who never seem to have …

Home Sweet Home

E.T. wanted to phone there, it's where the heart is, it's where everyone knows your name, no place feels like it. You know what I am talking about - home. It's where we feel secure, where we can kick back and relax, where we are accepted and loved; ideally anyway. It's not necessarily a building …

Jesus Freaks

I bought a book in 1999 called Jesus Freaks, it's a collection of stories of people who through the ages since people were first called Christians til present day, were persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus. I now have two copies because on an excursion to a bookshop I saw a copy …

Complicated?

I like you the way you are When we're drivin' in your car And you're talking to me one on one But you've become... Somebody else 'round everyone else You're watching your back like you can't relax You're tryin' to be cool You look like a fool to me Complicated by Avril Lavigne It's all …

R and R

I've been up for three hours and it's already a day where I just want to go back to bed and start over tomorrow. You ever have days like that? Days when it feels like you should just not bother to get out of bed? I wrote that word in my journal today and alarm …

Open Secret

Secrets are odd things. If we have one we want people to know we have one but as soon as others know then it's not really a secret any more. Then there are secret passages behind hidden doors that are again only secret until you know they are there but unless you go blabbing then they …