Much freedom came to me as I anchored myself in Gen. 1 as my most original story. This enabled me to celebrate the beautiful truth that God likes me and calls me good. Instead of thinking that I need to get back in His embrace, I have this deep sense that I have always been in the hands of God.
Swimming on a Sunday…
I have since expanded my understanding of the “God of Love.” Instead of thinking that I need to get back in His embrace, I have this deep sense that I have always been in the hands of God.
“The Waterfall”
The temptation to control the conversation or try to “fix” the patient by giving advice is ever before me. Voices from my embedded childhood theology of a “controlling” God is ever present in my inner dialogue tempting me to control the conversation. The temptation to pre-construct opinions rather than to construct them in the present shows how difficult it is to be a true active listener.
Trauma & Storytelling
If I was to describe reality beyond postpositivism, through a constructivist paradigm, I realize that we change each other as we interact with each other, and meaning is dynamically fluid, on the move, and co-created as it meets the need of the local hour.
Swimming With Crocodiles
We need to be wide awake to the truth that propaganda caters to selfishness, not sacrificial love. It preys on fear, not hope. It hates, blames, and oppresses.
Toes in the Sand
The God of love is the sand giving way under the pressure of Jesus’ finger as a new story unfolds moment by moment preventing the stoning of a woman caught in adultery. Not death predestined, but love’s power drawing a new picture in the sand. It is the golden strand of the silk bookmark marking the story of Moses as he stood with his toes in the sand before a burning bush hearing God say “I am that I am.”
Morning Affirmations
By Dr. Johan Tredoux – Uncommon Community “I am worthy, I am loved, I am cared for.” It may sound hokey, but what if you give a gift to yourself and repeat these affirmations every morning… “I am worthy. I … Read More
God’s Embrace
By Dr. Johan Tredoux – Uncommon Community Last night my daughter shared with everyone that she is going to have a baby boy… she is 15 weeks along. She had her daughter, Sylvia, (3.5 yrs old) make the announcement… “I’m … Read More
Apartheid at 9pm
An experience that will forever be imprinted on my mind happened when I was nine years old in a small town called Rustenburg, 60 miles from Johannesburg in the Rep. of South Africa. I have fond memories of my growing-up … Read More
Keeping Watch
Staying Alert and Staying True! Last weekend, our extended family had a fun outing with our kids and grandkids as we decided to go and check out what happens at the Johnson Farms in Belton Mo. It is a place … Read More
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