WHY PASTORS SHOULD NEVER WALK ALONE – Part 1
The 1945 Rogers and Hammerstein anthem assures us we’ll never walk alone. Indeed, no one should ever have to walk alone. But many do. That was never God’s intention. He made us for spiritual connection, socially-rooted in family and community and...
2023 Unfolded
The times and seasons are in God’s hand. He is working out his purposes even through chaos and confusion. This is a kairos moment, the opportune time for alignment with God and his kingdom. HEAVEN’S PERSPECTIVE God rules and is in control of his world, despite...
NAVIGATING 2023
The times and seasons are in God’s hand. He is working out his purposes even through chaos and confusion. Get ready for the season of alignment. The Times and Seasons Belong to the Lord WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2023 The Gregorian Calendar is followed by much of the...
Merry Christmas 2022
CHRISTMAS 2022Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men (Luke 2:14). The angels’ message to the shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem is heart-warming. But what about the freezing weather, the fuel crisis, the rise in cost of...
TRAINING FOR COMPETENCE
What does it take to be competent? Recently, I was in a department store and needed some simple information. Could I find it? It would have been easier to extract lemon juice from a rock. I understand. Really, I do. The current employment market is all over the...
THE TURBULENT TWENTIES
The 1920’s were known as the “Roaring Twentiesâ€. Is our present decade is set to become the Turbulent Twenties? As far back as 2017, I had a sense that the coming decade would be challenging for us all. The 2020’s would bring extraordinary changes played...
HOPE CLINIC, AMMAN JORDAN
Recently, I spent a day visiting this free medical clinic for refugees and displaced people in Amman, Jordan. First registered in Jordan in 1927, it was renewed in 1953 following the establishment of Israel in 1948. Founded by Pr. Albert Hashweh Snr. Who, along with...
LOVE IN ACTION
In April 2020 Amanda and I visited the Love in Action refugee project in Amman Jordan. There we met up with Jamal Hashweh. Jamal is from a refugee family himself. He knows what it is to have to leave his country, his home and come to a foreign place to start all over...