PRAYER BRINGS ABOUT a turning of the heart to God, who is ever ready to give, if we will but take what God has given. And in the very act of turning, there is effected a cleansing of the inner eye. The things of a temporal kind that were desired are excluded, so that…
Category: Meditation
Sirena Huang: Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist
Elysia, our 2 year old daughter says she want to learn how to play the violin after watching this. Now, that’s called inspiration. I asked her more than 10 times already now. She insists not piano but violin. That’s the influence of 11-year-old Sirena on our little 2-year-old Elysia.
Evelyn Glennie: How to listen
This is not only inspiring from a musicians point of view, but also for the message Evelyn is conveying. Listening is more then through the ears … Today, we need to learn how to listen even more intentionally.
To be Happy
“To find the kingdom is the easiest thing in the world but also the most difficult. Easy because it is all around you and within you, and all you have to do is reach out and take possession of it. Difficult because if you wish to possess the kingdom you may possess nothing else. That…
Vusi Mahlasela: “Thula Mama”
The last few days whenever people have been talking to me about MTV it’s usually related to controversies which interests me less than what Vusi Mahlasela’s song represents. So, please allow this to redirect our attention to what I believe matters more than what’s usually tagged as sensational. 🙂
Addicted To Love
This was much better than the sermon I preached this morning 🙂 Thanks Haris Ibrahim for sharing. Addicted To Love A young lady e-mailed me about two weeks ago and asked, amongst other things : ‘How did you come to this point of your life? Doing what you’re doing, writing what you’re writing?’ I had responded…
No apologies for Jesus
When I read the following quote, I couldn’t helped but be moved by the reality of what E. Stanley Jones wrote. Good medicine for today 🙂 E. Stanley Jones, missionary and writer in India, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times and awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize in 1961, wrote, “When I go to…
What difference does it make?
“The important question to ask is not, “What do you believe?” but “What difference does it make that you believe?” Does the world come nearer to the dream of God because of what you believe?” – Verna Dozier, The Dream of God (via inward/outward) This month has been one crazy month and hopefully will end…
Only Remember
“I shall not pray to God for you for what I think you would like to have, or ought to have, of gain or grace or good; or even for your current dream, however absolute lest time should prove we both had begged for you a bitter fruit… only remember you with love without the…
New Order Life
“Although the church is not God’s new order, it is meant to be a hint of the new order now and, more, a training school for new-order people. Rightly, we declare the good news – the promise of God’s new order, forgiven and free – and then in our common baptized life demonstrate an inclusive…