I hate to state the obvious, but the world is changing and changing fast and I for one am struggling to keep up. An insatiable appetite for personal autonomy and freedom has left us with a severe deficiency in experiencing true community and discovering real meaning in our worlds. Our progressive world is in hot …
We are story people who are on a quest. Futurist, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari suggests that humans rule the world because of our ability and propensity to gather and cooperate. He suggests that there is a glue that seems to be present in humans that distinguishes us from other creation. This glue is …
I don't mean to offend you but the idea of meaning is something that evades the modern, progressing, enlightened person. This has a sense of irony about it. We all have an innate desire to be 'more human', the irony is that in the pursuit of becoming more human the opposite often occurs, especially when …
The prophetic voice is important because every one of us are flawed, we all misstep, make mistakes and no-one is actually above the expectations of scripture. King David relied on the voice of the prophet Nathan, especially at the moment of his greatest delusion. The King of a nation abuses his power and influence and …
This is what I am thinking about lately...
I think Carl Honore observation is my everyday experience - “In our fast-moving modern world, it always seems that the time-train is pulling out of the station just as we reach the platform. No matter how fast we go, no matter how cleverly we schedule, there are never enough hours in the day.” We use …
This morning a good friend of mine shared this video with me. I found it encouraging. (Click on the blog to watch)
Possibly the most well known biblical story is David and Goliath. David, a ruddy young shepherd’s boy fights a Philistine monster who from his youth had been trained in the art of war, his name sounds as threatening as his cruel, ruthless vocation...Goliath. We know the story well, David fights on behalf of an entire …
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I wonder if secrecy is becoming a lost art? Jesus, of course, was a master of knowing when to go public and when to be hidden. Jesus first miracle of turning water into wine is a great example of this. The story is recorded for us in John 2 where an intriguing and unexpected conclusion …
