I just got back from being on holidays - my wife and I and two friends spent some time in Mexico. While we were there we met and chatted with a really likeable guy named Ellio. Ellio worked at the place where we stayed selling massages on the beach and every day he would wander around trying to convince people that their vacation was incomplete unless they had a 50 minute massage.
At the church where I work, we have been walking through the Gospels (in as chronological a way as we can) in an effort to just spend some time watching and listening to Jesus. As people who call ourselves followers of Jesus, the things He taught and the things that were (and are) close to His heart also ought to be close to ours.
This is largely coming out of personal experience and a thought that I’ve been cultivating the last couple of days and even taught at youth this week. It is really just the flip side of my entry back in June entitled “When Jesus Wants to Rebuild Our Core” but it has become a living example in the midst of the congregation I worship with.
Growing up my favourite book was called, “Robert the Rose Horse” - it was a pretty brilliant piece of literature containing all of the elements you would expect in a great story - there were horses and roses and sneezing. To say that it shaped my life is probably grossly exaggerating the truth, but I adored the tale nonetheless. Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t know about you, but there is something beautiful about a well laid out buffet that warms my heart. All that selection presented before me and I get to be the creator of my own customized meal (not that I’m a control freak). On our recent vacation to California our friends took my wife and I to a place called Hometown Buffet. To say that it was a remarkable experience might not be too strong of a phrase. Maybe that was because we had a 2 for 1 coupon (I do like deals) or it could have been a result of getting to try Strawberry Fanta for the first time [side note: if this same opportunity presents itself to you, do yourself a favour and chug that back]. Regardless, it was a delightful meal that left me satisfied in my belly region. Read the rest of this entry »
