The trouble with people is that they are all human. All too human! Yes, we have some amazing capabilities, but we also have some built-in and very predictable shortcomings.
It is a strange thing that in a world which was hand-made by God, many refuse to believe that he exists. Christians are often challenged by others to give some proof of God’s existence. Well, how do you prove the existence of something that is scientifically undetectable by any of our senses?
Egypt, in the time of Moses, was a hard place. As a people, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived under a dark cloud of systemic racism and state-sanctioned oppression. Being sneered at, discriminated against, and put to forced labour was an everyday reality. It was bad times in Cairo...
"Be unto others as you would have them be unto others."
My grandfather was a real pioneer. Along with his father and brothers, he moved out to the plains of west-central Saskatchewan in 1905. They took the train to Coleville, then loaded everything they owned in a horse-drawn wagon and rumbled another 40 odd miles out across the empty prairie grasslands until they reached their legal homestead.
Christmas is such a riot of frenzied planning, organizing, and agonizing! But for all it’s craziness, it really is a very special time for almost everyone. Even those of other faiths tend to get swept along in it’s vortex.
Well, here we are. If you’re reading this, you have survived 2011 to watch the sun come up on a brand new year. Congratulations!
The Bible isn’t too kind to half-hearted people. Hot is great. Cold is bad. But lukewarm?
One of the clearest, simplest statements about leadership that I’ve ever heard is from Dr George Hill: “People don’t follow a vision – they follow a credible leader with a vision.”
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If there was a way to compile the statistics I would be willing to bet that most of the stuff that actually gets accomplished in this world probably happens on Plan B – not Plan A.
Last night the sky was awesome. A phosphorescent slip of a moon blazed, luminous in the night sky. And in a rare appearance three planets: Mars, Venus, and Saturn all gleamed brightly. It was incredible.