The voices of women are everywhere – loud and clear and powerful. The debate on women’s rights and equality is heated and on-going. Modern society has forcefully expanded the rights of women, even to the point of choosing to be a man. Personally I had never wished to be a man, but I have had the privilege to grow…
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218. Giants and their giant-ness
The story of David and the giant is one of the most dramatic faith stories of the Bible. Even people who do not know the Bible, know about David and Goliath. Maybe they do not even understand half the story, but they know about the little guy and the giant. After his anointing as the new king…
217. Suddenly…quickly…now
Something we all had to learn over the last two “virus”-years, is patience. I am sure that everybody thought that by the start of 2022 we would be putting everyday statistics of new infections, hospitalizations and deaths behind us. Things are dragging on, although there is much hope to finally rid our world of this unprecedented contamination. Things…
216. The way of the wise
Every so often it is difficult to choose from a wide variety. The scope of the subject, which we study, is so great that millions of people use the internet to minister and lecture on a scale previously not even imagined. Every message should be weighed and judged to discern the truth of the content. It is so…
215. Deck the halls
By this time of the year, we are all thinking about Christmas and maybe even looking forward to the lovely peaceful time after Christmas when the year breathes for a while and then gear up to start with a bang. Hopefully some work and some responsibilities can be parked and paused for a while to reflect…
214. Swing the atmosphere
It is the end of November – again! The year called 2021 is gearing up for that usual spectacular Christian feast – Christmas. It happens in the usual ways – lights, balls, bells, shopping the sales and herding the family. We are tugged and tossed by the fast passage of time – unrelenting and rigidly just –…
211. The Rock of Revelation
One is allowed back in church again. If there are some restrictions regarding the virus, there is at least hope that it will end soon. Things feel a bit more normal. We have been plucked out of our normality in a cruel and extreme way. In the beginning of virus-politics and virus-regulations one often heard about a “new normal”. I wonder…
209. Life above the clouds
Somewhere in January 2015 I was settling into a window seat on a flight between Calgary and Toronto. Mid-morning in the middle of the fierce winter months in Canada, a snowstorm was raging. I checked my phone to see if the flight has been cancelled knowing that the Canadians get on with whatever, even when the weather…
203. Fallible and failing
It is there – right at the end of the story, in the last chapter of the last book of the Bible. A serious warning to guard our hearts from misery and disappointment. It is almost hidden, but it would serve us well to elevate it to a principal life skill in surviving the stormy ocean of…
202. Step out and step up
The noise can be unbearable. We have resorted to the amazing technology of our time. It gives new impulse to this prolonged pandemic of which the end does not seem so close as we crave. Various stages of a range of regulations persist in many countries. A realistic perspective demands patience, which of course can be defined as endurance…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 