For Christmas this year, I was given a new novel by John Grisham. He accompanies me each summer and helps to make my holiday complete! Interestingly, many of his more riveting books include stories of people trying to … Read More
To be or not to be?
“Be Jesus, wherever Jesus says to be!” That – I explained to my audience – was the essence of the missionary call. There’s much in that little saying but – frankly – many years later … Read More
Are we there yet?
With holidays around the corner, the anticipation of a road trip is hard to ignore. And with it, comes a host of – otherwise foreign – feelings such as: packing the car with the same stress that is … Read More
Holy roller!
“If money and morals were no obstacle, what kind of car would you drive?” The world of missions introduces you to some fascinating people and over the years we’ve had the privilege of hosting brothers and … Read More
Know it all
Within our family gene pool, there is a propensity to colour blindness. Even though I do not suffer from it – alas – all three of my boys do. People with normal colour vision can … Read More
Fear, wisdom and good judgement.
As a former police officer, generally speaking my training helped me to know what to do in a given situation. On one occasion however, I recall being given conflicting orders from two Officers of equal … Read More
When less is more
To truly know God, we must know only God. It’s a matter of less being more. When prioritising knowledge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “In the knowledge of good and evil man does not understand himself in … Read More
Live long and prosper
“Live long and prosper”. StarTrek fans will quickly associate these words with Doctor Spock. However, it’s origins are actually quite real and quite ancient. Consider these words from Moses, “Stay on the path that the LORD your God … Read More
The knowledge of God
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same. From a christian perspective, whilst knowledge can be taken, wisdom must be given. Of course, this can pose a problem when trying to work out the moral good in … Read More
The knowledge of good and evil
Together we quickly did the math. It was twenty-five years ago that I would have sat in his theology class as an undergrad student (a fact that disturbed us both)! It was good to see … Read More