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Expectations – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

… the story of Jacob’s agreement to work for Laban for seven years in anticipation of marrying Laban’s beautiful daughter, Rachel. The deal goes south when Laban tricks Jacob, by substituting his first-born daughter Leah for Rachel on the wedding night. To resolve the predicament, Jacob agrees to work for Laban for a further seven years to get Rachel as well! But, a story where hopeful expectation turns bad! … [To read more, click on title]

Any Weeds in Your Life?

Many of you are gardeners.
You know how the weeds seem to grow much faster than the plants. They try to choke out the ones you want. You can pull the weeds up today, but in a few days’ time more appear.
Our lives are a bit like that. We all have ‘weeds’ … [To read more, click on title]

Good Seed, Good Soil

I’m a person who likes plans. As my life has progressed I have come to realise that I function best with a plan, having learned a thing or two about my foibles in the last couple of decades.
But our plans sometimes (often) don’t lead us to the desired outcomes … [To read more, click on title]

Falling Trees

These are … arenas of injustice that don’t get enough attention in liberal conversations about injustice, much less resolution. It’s these ‘innocenti’ who are the (barely) living evidence that we humans, we homo sapiens, are uncivilised Barbarians, and we all jointly bear the guilt, by our membership of the species … [To read more, click on title]