May 2025
GOING AND BEING
Going to church, singing, listening to a sermon and giving money… may be the easiest form of Christianity ever imagined. Until the Roman Emperor Constantine […]
SIMPLIFY THE WALK
I believe we need to simplify our Walk with Jesus, and stop making it complicated and unattainable, religious, intellectual and informational rather than organic and […]
FIRST-PARTY FRAUD
“It seems plenty of rich young shoppers are comfortable stealing from even richer companies—as long as it happens online. Some of the same people who […]
THEY FELL DOWN
Jesus departed with his disciples to the lake, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was doing, they came to him […]
ALL CAN BE SONG
Nancy Bieber, author and spiritual director wrote: “The next morning, as I sat outdoors to drink my coffee, I listened to birdsong and remembered that […]
HAVE MERCY ON ME
“As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When […]
HEAD TILTING
I have noticed that when someone tilts their head to listen to me… I know they are not listening. I have also noticed when someone […]
MORAL OBLIGATIONS
I recently heard this in the night: ‘We can never put back on to the tree what we took from it… but we can take […]
FRIENDS OF GOOD CHARACTER
Johann H. Huleatt, wrote in Plough Magazine: “Aristotle famously identifies three levels of friendship: those based on pleasure, on utility, and on character. Friends of […]