Robbed twice in two weeks! Who wouldn’t be angry and fearful?! First an aggravated burglary via our bedroom window while we slept and then the return two weeks later. But we are not the ones robbed… it was the thief!
The harness is secured tightly around my thighs, the tummy, chest and over the shoulders. I walk up six steps on the ladder and face my tormentor. This is crazy. The knees begin to shake and the tummy turns over. The safety instructor rigs the winching rope with the release cord. Final instructions and encouragement…
Many years ago, in an organisation that remains nameless, I was seconded to a major project worth many millions of dollars. There were over 400 people on this project at the time. 70% were engaged from a consultancy firm. My role was coordination of the project management. From the information each person entered into the…
Get circumcised to blend in! That was the call of the Judaizers in the early church who found it was better to be circumcised and be counted as a Jew than to be persecuted as a Christ-follower. Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The…
“I was wr… I was wro…, I was wrooon…” was famously stammered by Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli in “Happy Days” (1974). The Fonz could never admit he was wrong. This character, played by Henry Winkler, was the symbol of the coolest leader, who had it all together. Everyone, watching the show, could see that The Fonz…
The other night I saw on the TV, a news item about hundreds of models queued outside a Manhattan studio for hours waiting for an opportunity to be famous. The pressure of the impending auditions, the pressing of the crowd, a nearby car breaks down and begins to smoke, a rumour flashes through the crowd…
When I first became a Christian, by accepting what Jesus did for me on a cross, I was filled with a wonderful lease of life. Over zealous kind of describes it. I wanted to tell the world about what Jesus had done for me. I didn’t understand how so many Christians would not talk openly…