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When you’re stuck under house arrest
I’m not allowed to leave the house. I’m not allowed to visit my family. I’m not even allowed to go for a day out to the movies and a restaurant. I’ve been told. And this time, it wasn’t from my wife.
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Identity, Class and the Church
For many of us our socio-economic class is one of the key points of our identity. The values are often derived at least partially from it and often look to be secure based in it. Our identity shapes our actions as a whole as well as the situations and people that feel comfortable to us. However, this can be problematic for the church and for Christians.
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Deep trust, in the midst of the chaos
Need I even say it, everything’s pretty chaotic right now.
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Flashing your lights - Yes or no
This applies to us all right now - but can anyone remember way back in 2014 - it was huge news when a Florida Judge in a ruling stated that it was a constitutional right in the United States for a motorist to flash their lights to coming drivers alerting them a radar police presence.
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The New Abnormal: Giants!
Terrorism, political upheaval, economic disaster, and a global pandemic is forcing the human race to confront an uncomfortable truth: our “new normal” is a surprising fulfillment of the famous song, “It’s the end of the world as we know it.”
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Why write five words when a thousand will do?
I’m one of those people that don't know when to stop. I especially find it hard to keep the stuff I write to a reasonable length.
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Cosmic child abuse
Because we were worth dying for is perhaps one of the biggest lies that some Christians propagate.
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Vulnerability; He wants it all
Opening up to people; this has never been something I’ve been particularly good at.
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Silent witness of the thumb
A long-standing elderly client was operating his ride-on lawn mower and accidentally clipped a concrete garden border which flipped the mower on its side with his foot caught underneath among the fast spinning blades.
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Oradour-sur-Glane – and ISIS
We as a nation have celebrated the end of WWII – War in the Pacific. 15 August 1945. Atrocities and war go together. This is the story of Oradout-sur-Glane.
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The church’s contrasting response to Covid-19
It has been hard to turn on the news lately. The constant stream of bad news isn’t particularly appealing. Social media also seems to be filled with negative opinions and shaming.
