This mug… First of all any porcelain with the Dutch Blue colour I’m a sucker for… I like it’s oversized aspect, and the curious loop of a handle, like the old brown jug… The saying on it is also interesting. Olde English… See all, hear all, say now’t … Eat all, sup all, pay now’tContinue reading “Pretty Blue Mug”
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The Rock That is Higher Than I
Today is my 61st Birthday! I am meditating on these two scriptures with that same number! Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have beenContinue reading “The Rock That is Higher Than I”
Why Feet?
I wonder why pictures of feet, at rest, interest me. I looked for a photo to inspire me, and this is the second time pictures of feet stopped me. Its not a guilty feeling, though it could be. I don’t like to be at rest, I like to be “doing”. What cannot be known, unlessContinue reading “Why Feet?”
When You’re Slapped, You’ll Take It & Like It!
There’s a scene in The Maltese Falcon where Bogart is dealing with one of the Villains… he says a famous line, for me anyways, Go see the video HERE. A very telling scene. Its similar to another one, I often quote it, but I have no idea who said it, “I’ll do what I wantContinue reading “When You’re Slapped, You’ll Take It & Like It!”
Rightly dividing the Word
What does it mean to rightly handle God’s Word? Reflecting on theological disagreements, prosperity teaching, the dangers of expertise, and my own desire for significance, I wrestle with the difference between knowing Scripture and living it. Perhaps the greatest danger isn’t ignorance or education, but knowing God’s Word while missing the One to whom it points.
Ambition
Think about this for a moment, J B Phillips renders 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 as “make it your ambition to have no ambition” God has done the work of convincing me of this truth. There is rest and peace flowing from that place of trust. I am in Christ, led by the Holy Spirit to carryContinue reading “Ambition”
Where’s the Power?
“Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. For the kingdom of God is not a matterContinue reading “Where’s the Power?”
Will You Be My Witness?
I was still in High School. I’d been reading the Bible, and praying for quite a while, and God asked me to be his witness one day. Part of my weekly routine was to go to Piano lessons at our church, Calvary Temple, in Down Town Winnipeg. It was a 15 km bus ride fromContinue reading “Will You Be My Witness?”
Old Folks and Young Folks
Sitting on my front porch, watching the children play. I’m feeling old, but it’s alright. I’m just fine. Zechariah’s message is that this is the picture of God’s perfect city. The upside of being old is that you’re still here, The upside of noisy boisterous children is that world still has HOPE
Being Curious
God, the Father, took him from them Jesus answered that only the Father knows that Straining to see Jesus as his physical body gets further and further away they are interrupted by the angels suddenly there, standing among them. Zechariah 8… once again old people will lean on their canes while children play in theContinue reading “Being Curious”
