From mere surprise to major shock, OMG is a common-enough expression made by many that it seems to be a standard way of expressing emotion, such as “ouch”, “oh dear” etc. The interesting thing is that OMG is more sparingly used by Christians; and agnostics tend to work harder of…
Leviticus 6:27-28 has some familiar text, context, imagery, objects and word of instructions. However, there are some further details about washing the garment if speckled by blood of the sin offering, and instruction about the vessels in which the offering was boiled. These appear to be slightly different in material…
Inspire is about imagination. It might be an idea that lights up your imagination; or it could be an object that gives you added sensory response, and your imagination kicks in. It opens up possibility. Imagination takes us out of our present situation to think that the less possible could…
Static is static, not fluctuating. Flux is something moving, on the go, i.e. not static. A friend can be described as having a lot of changing decisions, mood, worldviews, bahavioural patterns etc. For another person observing, this friend never stays still. But for the friend, the way they are is…
Far better that I remain where I am, the friend said. He has not chosen to join discussion group. It’s a deliberate choice. He prefers to think things through. The friend has been doing a lot of thinking for years, decades. It’s not that I think he thinks in some…
Dictators live long. Their staying alive is the working out of their dictatorialship. One feeds the other. Longer and longer life, stronger and stronger dictatorialship. The world breathes a sigh of relief, a big one, or a series of big ones, when dictators are dead. We know they will never…
To “excite”, that sounds like increased heart beat, head raised, ready to go, and could not hold back and be silent and passive. There will be other ways of explaining “excite”. Not “exciting” or “excitement”, but to excite. And that sounds like to add energy and dynamic to something. As…
This is about leading worship – the “lost sheep” in the title refers to the one out of several or many things that we need in leading worship. How often we neglect, forget, or re-prioritise something and that was the item that, because we didn’t give it (enough) attention, it…
How much congregation is congregational worship? Does it matter? Is this an important point about worship? How we shape the worship liturgy has a lot to do with whether we want the liturgy as “congregational.” That, however, has a sting in it, since liturgy by its nature is God-centred, and…
Hunger aplenty. Many of us who go day by day in hunger, and perhaps also in poverty. Those who have medical, physiological or other needs might choose not to eat, or prefer to fast, perhaps also for a range of additional personal, social, familiar or ideological reasons. Food, shortage of…
Probably, or definitely, that it is baseless to speak about freewill in Leviticus. A very specific, potentially much rarely used, word – “Command” appears in Leviticus 6:9. Here, The Lord said to Moses to “command” Aarons etc. etc. This specific word is rarely used in the Old Testament in so…
Previous The COVID-19 pandemic has put us through long and sometime repeating periods of isolation, not only of self, but with others. Some of these are/were voluntary, others are/were not. With ease of long-distance travelling, it had become relatively “easy” to meet with people. But COVID had put a stop…
