Some things can’t be overcome or recovered from. Which runs counter to the preferred narrative of a victorious Christian life, or even the more general desire that a situation is returning to normal. There are situations that are never overcome; events from which we never recover. Instead the best outcome is that our lives incorporate …
Tears may not fill ours eyes physically, but the sadness that abides provides an altered perspective that remains. Rather than a clouded vision there are things perceived that were always there, but never observed. I shall look at the world through tears. Perhaps I shall see things that dry-eyed I could not see. Nicholas Wolterstorff, …
A friend of mine from Mount Gambier (Port MacDonnell, actually) was in the Christian Reformed Bookstore in Brisbane a week or two ago and text messaged me asking if I wanted anything. There’s really no quick way of knowing what’s exactly in that particular bookstore, so I passed on the opportunity. Upon his return he …
Friendship is more than an optional extra. It is a need each of us has. We need to receive and give friendship. Without it we will not grow to be the people that disciples of Jesus should grow to be. After all. Jesus had friends. He needed friends, and he needed to be a friend. …
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