“Weekly Photo Challenge: (Green)”
deep significance to me and my identity lies within the green, and without. [For the previous Photo Challenge on the theme of 'Renewal' click here]
the chistian way
'you will be known by the Love you have for each other.' [Jesus Christ, john 13.35] that's almost very completely different from 'you will be known by the lack of love you show to each other' it blows my mind that this concept has been abused all over the world in many different ways by people quoting scripture '[or at the very least chanting 'the bible says' in response to any criticism] to justify things, [...]
silent god
i sit in silence. and wait... nothing! be still. i am still. and know that I am God hm. i sit in silence. and wait. i am still. i am still waiting. as i sit i become aware of my breath of the tick tick tick tick tick of the wall clock outside sounds. a car. a mother calling for her child. an alarm. or is it a siren? back to the room. and my [...]
Ten Ways to Love part IX: Promise without forgetting
Proverbs 13.12 says 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.' which is nice and everything so if you give someone your word then make sure you are true to it otherwise you will give someone a sick heart. is what i think the author of the Ten Ways to Love list [which remember is not me, i am just expounding on this list] was meaning with this [...]
Mark, my words: Jesus and the leper
so we continue the walk through Mark and in this one we take a look at Jesus' encounter with a leper Mark 1 verse 40 to 42 as always, would love to hear any thoughts, ideas or impressions that hit you as you looked at or listened to this passage so please leave your, ahem, mark... to continue on to the next story about Jesus healing the paralytic who was lowered thru the roof
fun silly pictures of strange weird part iii
so from time to time i have started googling the phrase "fun silly pictures of strange weird" just because it seemed like the right thing to do to give a bit of the different flavour to Irresistibly Fish and so far it has done that... first there was 'obey this sign' sign and smoking chicken fish and then there was bacon cat and toilet mug and what does week three hold? well take a look [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: (Renewal)
when i saw the theme for this week's challenge my immediate thought was this picture of my youngest sister Dawn [one of my most favourite people in the world] hanging out with some kids in Umtata [South Africa] on this missions trip we did and the idea of bringing renewal through the simple act of love and friendship and touch and story-telling... let the little children come unto me... the second one that [...]
Speakeasy Book Review: Alone with a Jihadist [Aaron D. Taylor]
Alone with a Jihadist: A biblical response to holy war [by Aaron D. Taylor] This was the second book i have reviewed for the Speakeasy group i belong to and it took me by surprise in two main areas: [1] the title is 'Alone with a Jihadist' and so i kind of figured the book would be about this guy who was interviewing this other guy who was a jihadist for the entire book. but [...]
Ten Ways to Love part VIII: Forgive without punishing
Colossians 3 verse 13 reads, 'Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.' i am not convinced that 'forgive and forget' is a biblical concept altho many people quote it as if it is... for me the idea that God has forgiven my sin and then developed some kind of universal amnesia is a lot less exciting than the picture [...]
them.
they move among us. little girls wearing pink dresses and matching pink bonnets who move around among us undetected. innocent-looking. some might say cute. i don't. but some might. always holding firmly on to the hand of a surrogate adult life-form clone creating the appearance of normalcy in their day-to-day meanderings as they move around from place to place always staring, subtly taking in information from their surrounding surroundings. occasionally, when data collecting has been [...]