I was brought up in a family where there were many arguments. I had heard many spoken words that were hurtful and, to be honest, nasty. As a child, I didn’t understand why this was happening, and often thought that I had caused it, as my father once told me when I was about seven that I was worse than my brother and sister put together. How does a child cope with that?
I experienced many moments of distress. My way of coping and escaping was to find one of my favourite places around the farm just to be alone … [To read more, click on title]
Category Archives: Reflections
In the Garden
Thanks to Sir David Attenborough and others, television has revealed many natural wonders to us over the past seventy years … in the depths of the earth, in the crevices of volcanoes and 60,000 feet deep at the bottom of the oceans, … There are plants – the amazing root systems of trees that communicate with each other, fungi and insects, fish and plankton … Let God fill you with wonder and joy at all that he has created … [To read more, click on title]
Engaging with the Lifeline
Jesus is not concerned about numbers but more about revealing his role, which is about proclaiming and serving the kingdom of God and standing firm. Therefore, Jesus asks the twelve disciples directly, “Do you, also, want to go away?” There’s something very vulnerable and poignant … [To read more, click on the title]
The Wisdom of God
God makes the wisdom of the world look foolish. Some obvious examples of that worldly wisdom could be the internet – conceived to empower and enlighten the world but overwhelmed with pornography and scams; antibiotics designed to overcome disease used to such excess that they’re promoting superbugs; painkilling drugs turned into mind-numbing thrills; military-grade weapons made available to not much more than children … [To read more, click on title]
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