Aptiva

I have taught a lot of younger people about who I understand God to be. One of my favourite exercises is to get the students to outline God. This can be for younger students a physical representation, the more mature understand I am speaking about their perception of God's characteristics. What makes God, God? It's a great thing to try in a group who are genuinely open to seeking a higher power. In many ways, we start by reflecting God is a "better version" of ourselves.  In modern parlance, a superhuman. Marvel's dominance at the movies has increased the idea that humans can have "God-like" powers. The idea of God as just one step up from humanity is not new. For a large proportion, the facets of humanity are represented by many Gods, a pantheon. God's who mimic the aspects of our character we wish had better direction and control than we seem to exhibit by ourselves. God's of love, power, health, prosperity, and so on. The challengi...

I am blessed to live with a gentle wife, one who instructs me in love. It turns out she is not as fortunate as I. She tells me the watering system in the front garden breaks.  I ask "What did you do?"  in an accusatory voice! She gently explains what took place, the hose coupling is many years old, it was its time, it broke. We move to the back garden, after some time I set the hose up to water the place, and ask her to turn the tap on, I hear a yelp, "What have you done?" I accuse. Then love happens. Wet from the tap which just gave way and covered her dress, she smiles and teaches with gentleness and respect, "I would prefer if you asked "what happened" not "what have you done"" In one moment I am instructed, admonished and taught how to be a better servant of Christ and my wife. She is entirely right and I wrong. With a change of one thoughtless phrase, I can learn to show love without accusation. I have been blessed. ...