There was a period of about 3 months I applied for about 60 jobs, of which I attended about 20 interviews. These were the same type of job. The jobs were in different organisations and locations. It got to the point where I knew “the problem is me”, maybe not…
Leviticus 6:16-17 has a curious turn to the style of writing so far in this chapter. It says some people will eat the leftover. The leftover is unbaked, and they eat it in a holy place. They eat the leftover in a specially named place which is a holy place.…
Having to mix in different social and work environment, I often feel I need a lot of effort and attention to fit in with others. It’s not always easy to identify causes and the “unfitness” looks like. A circle does not fit fully inside a square A wrong remark breaks…
I recently bought a pair of shoes online. It was a highly risky purchase because I had not used this online outlet before. Whether a pair of shoes fit me is a concern of physiological, psychological and social proportion. To walk around with a pair that is too large or…
Two (or more) objects going in roughly the same direction, same plane (height, depth etc. relative to a certain point), and same speed, at some point in time they are likely to come to each other, a crash. The moon, in relation to the earth, is one example. But they…
Some hymns have two tunes. To have three tunes for the same hymn is rare. To find three tunes that are different in structure and harmony yet share a similar temperament is…. I don’t know, is that also a rarity? In this case, a hymn, and rather unusual is that…
JOY & COMFORT The gospel brings about joy and comfort in our lives. As the body of Christ, we praise him, we worship him. The gospel of Jesus Christ lives in us to grow in our faith, and lives through us in conveying joy and comfort to others. Conveying the…
The gospel looks like … In the hymn The church is wherever God’s people are praising, the gospel conveys joy and comfort. The Church is wherever God’s people are … conveying the Gospel, its joy and its comfort What does “conveying the gospel” look like? What does the “joy” of…
Being realistic sometimes sound like we have over-complicated reality, over-thought it, or we are taking a course of action (or thought) discounting most, or all, of reality. For example, in getting ready for my driving test, I also discover that it is going to be raining. Not too heavy enough…
Grace and work. Grace or work. It can’t be grace or work, grace without work is like to experience grace by avoiding work. Work without grace is solely self-belief which sounds like self-destructing. In All, All of it, it is the fullness in size, volume, determination, everything that is mental,…
Always take some money with you, a senior in the family said. In the event you are robbed, at least you have some cash to give, and high chance you will not be harmed. There are meanings in words being said. “Watch out for the cars” is for our…
In music discipleship (click to see series), we want to grow in faith – to know God more and more. For musicians and others involved in worship regularly, much of our sacrifice in worship is “doing”. Nothing fundamentally wrong about the “doing”. From the story of Mary and Martha (Luke…
