Every coin has two sides. sickness and health, sorrow and joy, birth and death, day and night, summer and winter, good and evil. live with the knowledge that life and experience are made up of both challenge and rest, struggle and achievement and that each season, each side of the coin of experience is necessary … Continue reading coin
challenge
countercultural
it's interesting to be reminded that Jesus was not white privileged middle class ... that he didn't come to teach exclusion or rejection and that he didn't come on all 'holier than thou' ... though he was indeed holier than everyone ... something about humility that is very confronting isn't there? something about him being … Continue reading countercultural
free
letting go of the past does not mean forgetting. we try the impossible when we try to forget. it means treasuring, learning and forgiving. remember the past. treasure the wonder and beauty it holds, these are the rich soils in which your hope can grow. learn from your mistakes, you will become wiser from learning … Continue reading free
colour
my young son asked me 'why did God make us all different colours? why didn't he just make us all the same? he made us all the same on the inside, so why did he make us all different on the outside? if we were all white then there wouldn't be so many fights'. my … Continue reading colour
clever talk
There is clever talk and then there is honest talk ... clever talk is not necessarily dishonest talk, but it is a little (or a lot) more calculated, a little (or a lot) more cautious and perhaps a little (or a lot) more aware of the audience and the impact it might have on the … Continue reading clever talk
impossible
“Everything is possible for one who believes” and so it is. so, I believed, and nothing changed. so, I believed even harder and nothing changed. so, I prayed and fasted, and nothing changed. so, I pleaded and bargained, and nothing changed. so, I became angry and I threatened, and nothing changed. so, I complained … Continue reading impossible
on the bench
I was sitting there on the bench Quietly looking out Peaceful Calm And then they came and sat there too And after some time I spoke with them. “I’m afraid of you, you know” I said They looked surprised I don’t know if it’s because I spoke Or because of what … Continue reading on the bench
cracked not broken 