…about Life
Life Season About two years ago I drove from Fes into the Atlas Mountains. I remember coming round one corner in the road and looking down into the valley and being amazed at the beauty. It was breathtaking. Years earlier, I had driven up into the mountains of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. So different yet […]
Read More…about Honour
… about Honour Honour is a word I struggle with, because it means so many different things in the various countries around the world I have visited. I have seen the negative side of it, with honour killings and trying to protect self because of ‘honour’, demanding people respect us or at least trying to […]
Read More…about Identity
Identity Season Identity – growing up As a parent have you ever caught your children fighting? If you have, then did one child accuse the other of starting it? and did the other accuse the first of stealing a toy or something similar? Like many parents, probably you would have taken the toy away from […]
Read More…about Freedom
Freedom Season Freedom – what does it mean I heard about a teacher, who used to bring a pet fish in a bowl into class. He would then take the fish out of the water – and the class would see it flapping on the table, unable to breathe. Every time the teacher did this, […]
Read More…about Power
Power Season How did I get to where I am today? Growing up I was really very interested in science. So I really struggled to believe in the existence of God. The universe seemed just too big to believe in the God that people talked about. So at school I threw myself into science and […]
Read More…about Mercy
… about Mercy In a few days time it will be exactly 30 years ago that my father died. I am now exactly the same age he was when he died. It feels strange to be that age and remember his death. My father was a good man. He cared for a lot of people […]
Read More…about Resting
… about resting Thoughts about contemplation and resting from a friend of mine… Michael Hay In my international work I have often been constrained by circumstances to remain in unfamiliar locations. This gives me the opportunity to contemplate my immediate environment, my relationship to it and how it all fits into God’s creation and plan. […]
Read More…about the Vision
… about the Vision I watch at the news: War in Yemen… in Syria… recent wars in Iraq, Libya… rumours of upcoming war with Iran… countries fighting countries… A man goes into the Saudi Embassy in Turkey and is killed there… refugee children from Syria are waterboarded by other school children in the UK… the […]
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