Don’t Be That Guy

I've been reading and meditating on the Parable of the Lost Son this week. I know the story so well. I've seen it acted out, heard it sung, listened to it read more times than I can recall. I started off (and still come back to) identifying with the younger son. The overwhelming love of …

The Blind Side

The Blind Side is one of my favourite movies. When I watch Sandra Bulluck drive away from Big Mike who is standing in the rain with no coat clutching his possessions in a plastic carrier bag and I see her thoughts racing. I hear her tell her husband to stop the car and she runs back …

Blood Cries Out

Yesterday I wrote about Peace and I had a verse from Hebrews in my mind that just wouldn't fit into that blog but neither would it fade away so I figure I better talk about it today. The writer of Hebrews has been telling his readers where they aren't. He goes back to the Exodus and …

Prodigal

I apologise for no blog yesterday. I sat here and began to write several times and for one reason or another tossed them in the trash. I finally gave up reluctantly deciding that I had nothing to share. That wasn't exactly true. The first thing I started to write I previewed and shook my head saying …

Praise Where It’s Due

The crucible is used for refining silver, the furnace for gold,     but praise is what tests a person’s mettle. Proverbs 27:21 Isn't that true? How many times do we see people changed by fame? Sadly not always for the better. And not just worldwide fame: when I do something particularly well and get complimented it's …

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah!

Well, I am home safe and sound my friends and straight into a hectic couple of days. Odd how the retreat left me feeling exhausted - maybe I am not cut out for a life of leisure... God was good, as expected, and I am zinging with joy and the eagerness to know Him better. …

Reflections

People let you down. I don't care who they are, how great they are, how spiritual or reliable or downright awesome: at some point they will let you down because 'people do people stuff'. I include myself in that 'people' by the way. I was examining this earlier; considering a situation that always has the …

Grade C – could do better.

I felt a sore throat and snuffle coming on yesterday and in my usual half-hearted way (when it concerns me) I prayed for healing. In the night I woke up, rackety cough, scratchy throat, tight chest, nose bunged up, head aching feeling very sorry for myself. I couldn't sleep so I read for a bit, …

Inequality and Why I Love It

I am not getting into the debate about equality and what it means and who it should apply to. Call me a coward if you like but that's not the purpose of my blog. I think I have said often enough that I am called to love everyone to not need to enter that arena. …

Father

All too often we hear of boys leaving a string of impregnated girls with no intent of providing anything either material or emotional for their offspring. We hear of men who find greener grass and move on leaving their children behind, too often feeling rejected along with their mothers. We hear of men too busy …