Category Archives: How faith and life relate

Children often follow in the footsteps of their parents whether they like it or not.  The values, lifestyle, morals, habits and even addictions are generally passed down from one generation to the next.  I have seen many children stuck in a generational cycle of poverty, abuse, welfare dependancy and a reliance on alcohol and drugs.Continue reading “The other path”

From a young age children somehow become afraid of the dark. What is it about the dark that brings fear, uncertainty and apprehension? Is it simply the unknown? When we don’t know what obstacles are in our way or what other dangers lurk in the blackness our imagination can run wild. Perhaps we have heardContinue reading “Darkness”

Finding a meaning or purpose for life is a quest that many if not all of us have begun at some stage.  After all, human beings are incredibly physically, mentally, emotionally and even spiritually complex so it seems a real waste that we just live and then die.  What is it all about and whatContinue reading “Meaning of life”

The Bible can be a daunting book. It can seem so long and the words so small.   It is not really a book that reads like a novel which also puts people off.  I wonder how many have started to read it from the start and have given up because it just got tooContinue reading “Read it”

There was a song quite a few years ago that had the line “Love is, what you want it to be.”  We all want to be loved and yet expectations of what that looks like are many and varied.  Some of the major variations are explained in a book called “The Five Love Languages”.  WhateverContinue reading “Love is…”

Disappointment, disillusionment and dispondency all creep into our lives at some point or another.  For some these turn into despair and for others long term depression.  The lack of hope exaggerates the things that get us down.  As soon as there is no hope for a better future, life looks lonely, limited and largely pointless. HavingContinue reading “Hope”

Roads were not made just to look at.  They are designed for a destination. If you have made a choice to go to a certain place, most of the time you will take the shortest, sturdiest and smoothest route.  It is one thing to find the road to your destination it is another to actuallyContinue reading “On the way”

Probably the most common reference to temptation these days is regarding food. I often hear people saying they are trying not to be tempted or have given into the temptation of eating or drinking something they shouldn’t be having.  Temptation is only really obvious when we know the good we should be doing but doingContinue reading “Tempted”

I think the cause of most trouble in the world stems from simple greed and selfishness. The desire to have what we want and get our own way is powerful and can consume a person.  The one with the strongest will, the most resources and the grratest influence usually leverages those things for their ownContinue reading “Not ours”

Why believe in something you cannot see?  Why love, follow and obey someone who has not been seen for almost 2000 years?   There is sufficient evidence to prove that Jesus lived on this earth by both secular and religious historians.  Even so, it still remains Jesus has not been physically seen since the disciplesContinue reading “Unseen”