I have been reading a book called Out Of Church Christians and one part
of it refers to the “Wilderness Experience” and how it is biblical and how
people believe that they have been called out of church structures to unlearn
stuff and come back with a “new revelation” and it seems to me to be more of
the [...]
wilderness?
responsibility
This morning while I was thinking about stuff and reading…the Bible
(Hey even Muslims read it now and then!) I was thinking that, if one is
in leadership and one observes behaviour that is potentially harmful in
one of your leaders that you are trusting to go out and do some more of
the same work, then it is [...]
personal discipleship
I think we have to forget about the obsession with organised efforts to
conform Christians. That CAN often be less about discipleship and more
about money, power, spiritual laziness, and the effort to be part of a
Hegemony where we are not challenged. Our efforts would be better spend
with personal transformation which will hopefully lead to
transformation of society. [...]
leadership contd.
This morning I am horrified at what I said about leaders yesterday, even if it is of necessity true. We cannot help incarnating our brokenness (wounding, sin whatever you want to call it) into our ministries. Our ministries are often manifestations of our own desire to gain significance. It is human and I have done [...]
WHAT KIND OF PERSON AM I?
Dallas Willard says the following:in his book “Renovation of the heart”:
“We must clearly understand that there is a rigorous consistency in the human self and its actions. This is one of the things we are most likely to deceive ourselves about. If I do evil, I am the kind of person who does evil; [...]
down again
a cold fearhedged my heart inharsh wordsof running awayi set my jawlosing you is here againlike so many timessomebody says they’ll leavebut this time i’ll notprotect my hearti’ll take it on the chin and me a mani’ll take it on the chinpain cries in many voicesnot l of them minewe’ll pick up the piecesbecause we love
Powered [...]
Now is not the time…
I was thinking yesterday in a rare moment of clarity: The church is my family regardless of whether I agree with the way it happens. So the onus is on me to engage and to get to know people in a way that will enable me to trust them enough to actually attend a home [...]
A Blast from the past
It is nice when people who you have not seen or hard from contact you after a long time. I am always somehow in the position that I keep track of people or would like to keep track of them but somehow they don’t seem to have the same need. Then I perceive their attitude [...]
A LITTLE FREER TO BE ME?
Of course now that I am finding out who I am I realise that there were times when I knew more than I know now. Isn’t it sad that we should sacrifice parts of ourselves in order to try and become what other people should expect of us? One of the things that I instinctively [...]
The Unthinkable has Happened!
Yesterday I flew to Durban to be with my dad who turned 80. This in itself was feat of quite some extraordinary magic as only the Lord can produce. Through a most amazing circumstance I have reestablished contact with an old lover from times gone by, and some healing occurred. During a councelling session [...]
