Her story is told, but never her name – John 4:1-42. Whatever her name was, in the town where she lived, it would not have been spoken with honour. There would have been no pet name given to express affection, rather, most likely, she was hailed by nicknames intended to ridicule or insult. Perhaps they […]
Without any forethought or planning, my husband and son found themselves in Barcelona over the Easter weekend of their overseas trip. While exploring on Good Friday, they came across a Catholic Easter parade that was wandering through the streets. The video they sent me showed priests, dressed in their most religious dress, walking ahead of […]
23 words only. Repeated throughout, these words make a total of 66 words for the entire book, and yet its simplicity is profound. In comparison, it seems the ability I have to define love is frustratingly limited. It is an incomprehensible state of being, the fact that I am perfectly loved by God, so to […]
Asleep? How so? The state of being asleep is the refreshing quiet, tranquility and calm of the body and mind being at rest. A storm, on the other hand, is an outbreak of thunder and lightning accompanied by strong winds. The two are opposites. One is quiet, the other is a violent and loud disturbance, […]
From childhood, we take in things around us, what we see, hear, know, sense and feel about something, and through the continual experimental exploration of our surroundings, we formulate a picture which becomes stored in our memory bank which then allows us to knowingly interact with our world. With God, we do the same – we […]
Like the morning mist. There is something mystical and enchanting about the morning mist. I love it. I wake up everyday to a curtain-less vista. My husband and I sleep in a room with glass doors from ceiling to floor, where we intentionally haven’t hung curtains so that every day we can just wake up to […]
Perhaps I should apologize for my state of rumination, or perhaps I should not… One day I will have a swing. It would be set back, just a little from the edge of a cliff, safe enough back on solid ground so that when I am in the ‘fro’ I would feel safe, but in […]
We live in a world of rules. Rules apply to every part of our lives. They insist that good behaviour is rewarded and bad is punished. The keeping of rules instilled into us from childhood becomes the inherent vocation of every person until “death do us part” from this rule driven life. Every culture has […]
Does God protect me from harm? Should I pray to ask Him to do so? Does He promise to protect me? Can I expect it? These questions have been a personal debate and dispute for much of my faith journey. How often we pray for protection! How often we think God doesn’t do a good […]
I sat with an old frail woman in the waiting area at the courthouse a while ago. Her family had gone outside to have a cigarette to relieve the stress of the circumstances that day. I found myself in what was a privileged position – a sacred place – as she recalled her story to […]