Day by Day

Use Your Loaf  “And he told the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, [...]

A Gifted Response “…be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:18-19 (NIV) When Christians offer their worship to God what is it that they are doing? Are they massaging the ego of a narcissistic [...]

Walking as Children of Light “…they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.” 1 Peter 2:12 (ESV) I was born four years after my brother. He spent all his working life and retirement in London and was a life-long Anglican. Sadly he died recently, but I was able to [...]

To Set a Thief “You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another…You shall not cheat your neighbour, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.” Leviticus 19:11, 13 (NKJV UK) Did you notice that the authorities at Magdalene College, Oxford [...]

‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’! “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) From the beginning of time, man has sought for something that he feels is missing in life. [...]

A More Excellent Way  “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so must you love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 (NIVUK)  Before working for GCI, I worked as a middle-school maths teacher. To earn [...]

Bridge Over Troubled Water “Sweet friendships [or counsel] refresh the soul and awaken our hearts with joy, for good friends are like the anointing oil that yields the fragrant incense of God’s presence.” Proverbs 27:9 (The Passion Translation) A week in Politics is a long time according to former Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. A few [...]

Let There be Light “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!” Matthew 13:43 (NLT) In a sermon C.S. Lewis once commented that if we were to meet our future redeemed selves, we would either run away in fear or fall down [...]

Love is the Greatest  “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) Sometimes it seems there is very little genuine love in this world. The love the world exercises is human love which is philia, the greek work for brotherly love. But the love [...]

A Rough Diamond “‘They shall be Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘On the day that I make them My jewels, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.’” Malachi 3:17 (NKJV) ‘Ah yes, but he’s a rough diamond!’ This comment was made about someone I knew, and [...]