This whole set of teachings, the Sermon on the Mount, and this whole moment of God in human flesh walking into human history … they are the dawning of a new reality...
Forgive
To Be Seen
Human souls have onion-layered depths that run so deep that sometimes we ourselves are not aware of what lies beneath...
Love Your Enemy
Sometimes this compass is so astonishingly upside down! How can it possibly point to true North? The directions we are accustomed to navigating life by dictate in our veins retaliation and revenge: From playgrounds to families to communities to government policy, when we take a hit we hit back. It’s a matter of pride, of reflex, of not looking weak, of saving face. This is simply (post the fall) how our world works. How we are programmed to think our world works...
Revolutionary Integrity
We were created for trusting authentic relationships connected with threads of truth, trust and intimacy with each other and with God. In the beginning we knew where we stood and who we were as children of our heavenly Father...
Faithfulness
God’s original plan for His creation was always faithfulness. His faithfulness mirrored by ours… like diamond-reflected-light splashing around everywhere. But we, all of us on this earth right here and now, comprehend daily that this world is not the one He created for us. We are not the human beings He created us to be. Not fully. Not yet...
You Have Heard It Said, But I Say…
On moving to our new house I have discovered an underground network of stinging nettles in my garden beds. During winter, soon after we arrived here the nettles disappeared and I couldn’t see them, but now as spring has begun to arrive they have pounced and begun to fill my garden with stinging weeds that choke out other plant growth. The issue isn’t the soil. It is what has been hiding beneath the surface of it all along...
Fully Filling
It is not just what happens to us in life, but the story through which we interpret what happens to us that matters. The story we live (often subconsciously) manifests itself in our behaviour and choices...
Salt and Light
For just under a decade, our family lived in a small rural community on a hillside, overlooking the constantly buzzing city of Kingston, Jamaica. The brown boards of our rustic home were faintly visible from the city, but whenever we left the small one-bulb verandah light on at night, we could see it shining bravely, clearly visible from way down in the city. Light travels. Far and fast...
Blessing
The message Jesus was communicating to His first hearers on that hillside under spreading skies that day (and to all of us here today, wherever we are in this world) is this: This world will have it’s challenges and we will have battles in it... but the Kingdom of God is here. Now. Blessed are we when we navigate life with God's compass and live like we belong to a different Kingdom. Because we do...
Shrove Tuesday…
Did the grass crunch under His feet as He ascended the hillside that day? Did pebbles slide and roll between His dusty sandalled toes? Was the breeze warm against His cheek, or did it prick His skin with a chill?
Coming Alive
I have this garden book I picked up at a charity shop a while ago, and all through winter I've been thumbing through it looking for the names of plants in my garden and what to expect to see growing there. Having only recently moved to the UK the plants are still becoming familiar to me (the difference between a plant and a weed for example!). This garden book, like a guide book tells me each month what to look for and what to expect. A few days ago I flipped open to the chapter on March and my eyes fell on the title "Coming Alive"...
A Love Letter From a Mountainside
I didn’t expect it. Not at all. I didn’t expect that a bud piercing through dark earth to find the light could bring such joy. Such hope. My sister had said once that that was what got her through the winters, looking for the signs of spring, the snowdrops, the crocuses, the blue bells and... Continue Reading →
The Adventure Hots Up on the Homeward Stretch…
Hello Friends, How are you? I hope you’ve had a moment to trail along with us a little over the last week now that we’re walking with Jesus as our guide. This week we’ll start heading towards Jerusalem in time for the first Palm Sunday. And to be honest, our journey will not be without some conflict... Continue Reading →
For You…
Welcome Friend. Whether you just stumbled in here or were invited by a friend, you are most welcome. Kick your shoes off, make yourself a cup of tea, and make yourself at home.
