The restless person can not always appreciate the surrounding beauty. Does not know how to hold joy, or be content in everything. There’s no capacity to hold anything else, to feel anything, to have anything else. Nothing distracts more than the restlessness in their soul, than the constant striving, and fretting towards that which they […]
The Stories We Believe
“Can we read this one before bedtime?” My nephew presents me with a book about a young fish who strays away from the safety of the reef, gets caught in a fishing net, taken away from his home and is eventually found by his father who travels the ocean in a relentless search for his […]
Good Me / Bad Me
In the beginning God said “let us make man in our image”. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a relationship and so He made us for relationship. God said “it is not good for man to be alone”. This was the first thing He said was “not good”. None of us thrive when […]
You can never take my…
… so I’ve never seen ‘Braveheart’ (yep, I know, sorry!) but I hear there’s a quote about freedom in it. Over 18 months ago, during an early evening doze these words came to me; “Freedom is larger than anything you could ever imagine, yet more fragile than anything you’ve ever known” “Great”, I thought, “now […]
Practicing the Presence
‘Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him. Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.’ Colossians 2:6-7 Before you read on, please take a minute to stop. Thank Jesus that He […]