Ready for more of Leviticus? After journeying chapters 1 through to 7, chapter 8 of Leviticus begins with a fresh tone. However, looking at verses 1-2, this is more a compressed version of the rituals explained earlier. Here in the new chapter, perhaps following their desert dessert is the rendition…
How does one get in to that “in” group? To be part of it? For a start, you don’t need to feel like you “intrude” their conversation. Tips required then on joining such a group. However, this blog counters that. Sorry to disappoint! Why is this “in” group, or to…
It’s easy for us to comment on others who are leaders or managers; those with whom we work with and report to, and those who whose words and actions have an impact on us. We often cast an “idealistic” “they should be like that” mode or template over them. However,…
A hymn or worship song beginning with U. Under his wings is one. Perhaps lesser known is “Under the whole world hears“: Lyrics and video available. This song is encouraging us to sing to God, of his love and greatness. However, the stress in the first verse is that we…
Putting into words the meaning or feeling of bereavement feels like a betrayal of that feeling. That inner struggle; letting it go feels like letting the person go, and leaving what remains unsettled unsettled. Grief and logic don’t flow. The thing is, what is “thinking back” and what is “grief”…
Doubt and sorrow S , Sca, Scatt , Scatte, Scattered , Scattered !! Toil and gloom Ended.. Ended! Really ended!! Who does not have doubts from time to time, or experience sorrow? Toil takes a lot from your mental health, and perhaps your physical energy. Gloom takes your down even…
love VISIBLE Can love be seen? Of course, in our actions. LOVE visible Can love be ignored though visible? In the worship song See His Love, the first visual is Jesus being nailed to the cross for all of us. The next thing is a “perfect and blameless” life –…
Remember all the people who live in distant lands and their own varied cultures. In all the beauty of the earth and richness of its people: remember all those who yet to have heard the truth that comes from Jesus, the glory of His Word. Of those who answer God’s…
Oh dear. The word agile is so fluid that, actually, it is a behavoural container to formalise lack of behavioural norms. That might be bad enough. When multiple managers apply agile-ness across different domains, operating different kinds of agile-ness, or some fully agile in its full anger, along with some…
Things that repeat in church services: Reading Bible passages What we sing Offering Holy communion Sermon topics etc… There are many aspects of church life that repeat. The list above is about church worship. Repetitive is one reason some people decide against church, or church services, because we re-do something,…
Not being logical, or deliberately playful? From one meeting to the next, I often find my views are not accepted, but my views were accepted in the previous meeting. On to the next meeting or conversation, my views received much interest and upon further delibration, I had opportunity to refine…
There are many occasions we speak of something in the past, but in the form of the future. For example, I might have tried to learn to ride a bicycle. Let’s say I had difficulty maintaining balance on the bike. I might say in the “future tense” that I would…
