DAY 22ish As Easter approaches, i think it will be great for some of our reflections to be reminded of some key stories from the life of Jesus. i imagine that for most of us these stories are well-known and sometimes we get so familiar with them that we may miss something new God has to say or something old He wants to remind us of. Task: As you read this story from the life [...]
One aspect that strongly defines your character is whether the person you actively are backs up the person you talk yourself up to be. Another way i have seen that quote above written is like this: What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. And it is completely true. Another area that this touches on is that of consistency. Is the person you speak yourself to be also the [...]
DAY 21ish This is a follow on from yesterday and so if you didn't do that one you will need to backpedal a day and catchup. The challenge was to reflect and write something down. Or create something. Task: Today's task is simply to share what you came up with yesterday with someone - can be in the comments section on today's blog which would be great, but if it was more personal then pick [...]
ah man, this Lent schedule is a kicker... may have not gotten to make a post yesterday, but not going to beat up myself about it. let's just make the most of the ones i do manage to post? good! DAY 20ish I was inspired for today's post by a picture my friend Lilly Lewin [@lillylewin] shared on The Twitterer: Task: Write some words. Or maybe draw a picture. But just get something down. Whether [...]
Wow, just caught this clip [or one like it] on the You of Tubes and it was such a difficult one to watch because again and again there are Too Close for Comfort moments being beamed out at you [my earphones are playing up at the moment so you may want to watch this with the sound down if in a public or work type space for obvious reasons] If you think you are brave [...]
Costa & Lorraine Mitchell. Married 3rd April 1971, both of us 21 years old at the time. We both think that we have had it very good in marriage. Obviously, this is a gift for which God is to be praised, and parents thanked, and we don’t take it lightly. It helps that God was strong in forming and informing our choices at the time we met. It helps hugely that we both came from parents [...]
A little eight-year-old girl was asked what she thought love was. She cocked her head and thought for a little bit. Then she replied, "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over to paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis. That's what love is." [pg 159, Getting Naked Later] And with that excerpt, i begin the book review of this most [...]
DAY 19ish As we start a new week, let us continue to really spend some time each day observing the Lent period leading up to Easter as we prepare for the reminder of what Jesus' death and resurrection means to our day to day lives. Task: Read through and meditate on the lyrics of this Tim Hughes worship song [featuring Brooke Fraser] and then give it a listen, remembering a time [it may be now] [...]
How do you judge good character? The idea or concept of ‘Character’ and ‘A person of good character’ seems, to me, to be a bit of subjective or elusive in terms of definition. And so, instead of trying to come up with any kind of definitive definition [is there such a thing as a non-definitive definition?] of what i mean when i talk about a person of character, i thought it might be more helpful to describe some aspects that i [...]
How do you judge good character? As i have been thinking about the idea of 'Character' and 'A person of good character' it seems to be a bit subjective or elusive in terms of definition. One of the dictionary definitions Uncle Google came up with was 'the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.' But the problem with that definition is that it uses the word moral [which in itself, these days, seems to be [...]