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JEALOUSY AND THE ROT OF GREED AND MATERIALISM

Well, I wonder, how did your Christmas work? Besides the Christain story there is so much loss and darkness around Christmas remembering those who have passed on, and the tremendous stress of the pandemic it is difficult to let go and just enjoy family and friends. In addition, the rot of materialism sinks into theContinue reading “JEALOUSY AND THE ROT OF GREED AND MATERIALISM”

HOPE

Today I was talking to my friend about hope. We were discussing the pandemic, and hoping for positive change in 2022. We were also reflecting on the small changes which had occurred this Christmas, which, whilst not giving us safety the changes had enabled us to feel somewhat less restricted. In the Hebrew language theContinue reading “HOPE”

CHRISTMAS IS CRYING

Christmas, in terms of the symbols portraying it, varies across the globe. The word,’ Christmas’ meaning ‘Christ Mass’ is essentially and traditionally owned by the Christian faith, however, the notion of the end-of-year celebrations has pagan origins, and the birth of Jesus took place possibly at the beginning of the new year. The celebrations haveContinue reading “CHRISTMAS IS CRYING”

FLAVOR SAVOR FAVOUR

It seems to me that its almost a rite of passage’, for chefs to travel Europe, and other parts of the world to study and experience other methods of cooking both ancient and modern, it also seems that ‘old methods die hard’ and the flavor is the important result in all their cooking. I grewContinue reading “FLAVOR SAVOR FAVOUR”

COURAGE

Recently I reread my advent blog from last year, and perhaps, not surprisingly, the situations we are living in, and attempting to live with, are virtually unchanged. However even as I write I am convinced that we are to some degree in a worse situation, and thousands are struggling to maintain their mental health. AContinue reading “COURAGE”

FINDING ONESELF. TAGS SPLITS

Finding oneself can be difficult enough, working in jobs where self-awareness is required is extremely taxing, and more especially when through stress and trauma we lose sight of who we are and exist, as it were, by the skin of our teeth. In many cases, we may try to hide our issues through denial, andContinue reading “FINDING ONESELF. TAGS SPLITS”

support and holding

In the last blog, we were looking at triangular relationships some of which are useful and good examples of supportive connections. There are many triangular connections within relationships which, when identified demonstrate to us unhealthy ways of living, for example, the triangle identified by Karpman 196 1 as a model of social interaction. The modelContinue reading “support and holding”

TRIANGLES TAGS WORKER CARE RESPONSIBILITY

Have you noticed how many types of threes there are? Of course for Christians, as Christmas comes around we are reminded of the Holy trinity one yet three, Three yet one Let’s take a look at some of the threes which we see in everyday life and don’t always think about unless they annoy us.Continue reading “TRIANGLES TAGS WORKER CARE RESPONSIBILITY”

CONFUSED….COM ZOMBIE

Well what happened next to Zacariah? He had felt some renewal following his struggle to get up into his favourite tree and his subsequent sojourn up there. Coming down to earth was another matter. You, will by now realise that the story of our friend Zachariah is one of a pastor or therapist who forContinue reading “CONFUSED….COM ZOMBIE”

confused….com zombie

Since being in the house more throughout the pandemic to date you may, like myself, have found yourself watching more television, and becoming heartily sick of the ads.Recently I have become interested in the ad confused .com largely because I feel there is much confusion of heart, mind, and spirit at the moment.It seems toContinue reading “confused….com zombie”