WHAT COUNTS AS SUCCESS?

Tuesday: November 10, 2020 Plymouth athletics track In the same 100m race, criteria for success may differ from athlete to athlete. For an athlete with a personal best of 10.8 seconds, a 10.2s time would be success.For another whose best placed has been 5th, placing 3rd would be successFor another, increasing their foot speed from... Continue Reading →

DISCERN PLACE AND PURPOSE

Monday: November 9, 2020 Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Prague John 2:16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace! While sometimes it isn't so obvious, the names of certain places often give an indication of what ought to be occuring... Continue Reading →

LESSONS FROM THE FOOLISH FIVE

Sunday: November 8, 2020 Matthew 25:1-2 "At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish and five were wise" Many people upon reading today's text lean straight away to the 'wise team of five' because of... Continue Reading →

CHECK THE BUILDING BLOCKS

Solo Flight (sculpture), First avenue-Harlow Saturday: November 7, 2020 Luke 16:10 Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters. Regardless of how grand a structure is, very few if any, stand as one piece.... Continue Reading →

DON’T BURN BRIDGES

Friday: November 6, 2020 Sydney Harbour Bridge Luke 16:4 I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.' It is interesting how the steward in today's Gospel chose to act after he was given notice to render accounts which was to be followed likely... Continue Reading →

HIS SAVING GRACE

Thursday: November 5, 2020 Reference text: Luke 15:1-10 There are two parables in our text today: the parable of the lost sheep and that of the lost coin. Both of these are crucial to the discourse that follows. Even before then, with ninety-nine sheep around and one gone missing, many may actually cut their losses... Continue Reading →

CONTINUE

C. O. N., Norway Wednesday: November 4, 2020 Philippians 2:12 And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Supervision is one of the ways of ensuring that... Continue Reading →

THE BIG PICTURE

Tuesday: November 2, 2020 Plymouth, England Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: When we are given late notice of an upcoming event, we begin scrambling to put things together: we... Continue Reading →

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