It's weird, it's foreign to us! Short spells, OK, but for days or weeks, most of us are struggling to do it. We weren't designed and made for it! With the outbreak of coronavirus and various governments endeavours to manage it we have had to go into voluntary or legislated isolation, an isolation we're discovering … Continue reading Coronavirus and the challenge of isolation
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Setting a culture of honour
Culture is part of life whether we know it or not. Its is an atmosphere, a way of being and doing, created by a common understanding, either intentionally or unintentionally. Every home has a culture, every society, every church. The question is what kind of culture, there's good, mediocre and the downright toxic, and every … Continue reading Setting a culture of honour
Fake news and demonising
Today it's commonplace - I'm sure there has always been a measure of it, but today it seems to be accepted practice, the manufacturing and communicating of fake news - the distortion and twisting of things to serve a particular agenda; and the demonising of those who hold opposing ideas - the discrediting and belittling … Continue reading Fake news and demonising
Encountering God at Vesuvius
Today we visited Mount Vesuvius and wow some place - all too glad it was dormant! In looking at the mountain and into the crater one couldn't help but think of the incredible energy that blew it's top and forced thousands, indeed millions, of tons of material up into the air and displaced in on … Continue reading Encountering God at Vesuvius
Seeking His Presence
We know a lot about God, and do a lot in His name, but knowing about God and doing things in His name whether conformist or nonconformist (we all have our formats) is not the same as knowing His Presence - Presence is about encounter, meeting God and engaging dynamically with Him. Too frequently we … Continue reading Seeking His Presence
The Word 4 Life 