The defining moments of my life have not been my sins or my successes. They’ve been a depressingly small amount of decisions involving real risk. Brennan Manning, author, friar, priest, contemplative and speaker Uncharted territory Every great accomplishment in human history had a strong risk component. Remember the mission that brought 4 men on the [...]
One of my favourite songs to minister to the Father with right now is ‘Shekinah’ from the IHOP album ‘joy (live)’. Through the lyrics of the song Holy Spirit has been provoking me on what I really mean when I sing them. Here are the lyrics I’m referring to: Release the fullness of Your Spirit [...]
Who are you? A name? An age? A football supporter? A guitar player? Justin Bieber’s biggest fan? Who are you? Are you popular? How about sporty? How about a king? We call ourselves by lots of different names; lots of different faces and identities, suitable for the occasion. By day I’m an action-orientated, results driven, [...]
Yesterday I was wallowing in my sorrows of another cancelled photo shoot, because of the rain, and had an “AH HA” moment! There was really nothing I could do about the rain, trust me I was praying, but it just wanted to rain, & I found peace with that. So, I decided to face the [...]
This is the one-year anniversary edition of the Orchard. This is our 13th issue as a webzine, so well done us. Thanks for reading
What’s beautiful to me? Find your passion. You need a part of your life doing something that makes you come alive. [so that one day] you can live your life doing what you love. – Paul Manwearing Dare to dream. Dreams pull life to the surface, shape the life you will live and aim you [...]
These were the closing remarks of US chat-show host Conan O’Brien as he left ‘the Tonight Show’. Excellent perspective.
