A precious metal, valuable, durable, shiny, and beautiful – that’s how anyone who knows anything about gold could describe it. The scholars may have a whole long list of qualities that our superficial knowledge does not know about. The desire to mine gold is part of the discovery history of so many countries. It was the impetus to…
Tag: words
285. Words that live and give life
The world we live in manages to sling the mud of so-called modern social wisdom and political wrangling at us daily. With an overwhelming variety of information in our hands and readily available in a pocket or handbag, it’s not hard to quickly catch up and know the latest developments. We need a bath—every day—just…
275. A word of burning coal
[Christmas 2024] On a dark night in a small village in the heart of the world, our world was fundamentally changed. Nothing of what had been would ever be the same again. The vast majority of humanity didn’t even take note of the moment when heaven touched earth and angelic song called shepherds from a field to…
267. Saved and yoked
In life there are times that the “fiery oven” of circumstances and affliction is burning with hardship and adversity. Human words are weak and superficial and God’s words are strength and hope. It could only ever be God’s words that transform and renew, that comfort and give hope, that are a refuge and write a song in…
264. A sweet fountain
One can hardly begin to write about the wonders of water. Saltwater and freshwater cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and its pollution is a significant headache for environmental experts. Access to fresh, clean water is one of the basic requirements of life. We can’t do without it, and anyone who has ever had water supply…
263. Talk Priorities
Words are the sound of thoughts. For most people, they are the reality of sound- waves in ears, also their own. Words have sound nuances – whisper words, fighting words, love words, hate words. Words are given to humans to convey their inner being and make it public. Words are power. Words are the instrument of lies, but also…
132. Words of glory and truth.
[John17] In the very beginning of the study of John we have marveled at the miracle of a word becoming flesh. If I may repeat myself: St Augustine said in everything he ever knew about the world, everything he read and regarded as worth studying, he had never heard of a word becoming a man. [Pebbles…
109. And you? What do you have to say?
Talk is cheap, says the old saying. I know it refers to promises made in words and not kept in deeds. For me, it also implies the gossipy chatter about something or someone in the public domain; the safe talk of anonymity that could never commit any person to an opinion that might be quoted…
40. How is your wall coming along?
Most conversations consist of sharing opinions; those personal conclusions we come to in the privacy of our own minds. Unconsciously and consciously we test our views against others or comments we read or listen to. The sharing and testing influence us and shape our thoughts. We grapple for solutions to put order in the chaos…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 