28 Aug
Where do you trace yourself back to? Your answer makes a Huge difference in defining who you are and what you are worth. It also defines the potential of your life. So, don’t just take this lightly. Where do You trace yourself back to?
Two Original Sources
People’s beliefs about where they come from fall into two [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry — Chris Field @ 10:23 am
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22 Aug
When I give Marriage Counselling advice to couples or Marriage Counsellors there are a few basics which I always cover. Let me share them with you.
Marriage brings two different people together to establish a working relationship. When the marriage relationship breaks down, people feel hurt, betrayed, unloved, insecure, fearful, angry, bitter, or a range of [...]
Filed under: Family, Manhood, Marriage, Ministry, Womanhood — Chris Field @ 9:00 am
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19 Aug
A man recently told me how he struggles to take the lead in his home because his wife out-earns him. His situation brought to focus the cherished idea that men have authority only because they are the bread-winner. This is a false notion and needs to be dealt with in order to find blessing in [...]
Filed under: Family, Manhood, Marriage, Womanhood — Chris Field @ 9:27 am
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18 Aug
Aussie males have a problem getting the help they need. This is probably true in other cultures as well. It’s the problem of ego and ignorance making people think that to need help makes one ‘helpless’. That thought is not true, and it’s a mental stronghold that needs to be pulled down. So, I’m starting [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:14 am
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17 Aug
Today’s pop culture acts as if youth is the time for indulgence, independence and unbridled pursuit of self-fulfilment. That idea is not only a deadly and useless one, it is a modern notion that defies the time-tested ideas of youth as a vital time to plant and build.
Let me take you back to some concepts [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Womanhood, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:19 am
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14 Aug
Your working definition for marriage will impact what you are building and how you deal with it. The way you see something impacts how you understand it, value it and treat it. Consequently definitions are very important.
In my book, Mending Marriages, I take a good look at people’s working definitions for marriage. The reason some [...]
Filed under: Family, Manhood, Marriage, Womanhood — Chris Field @ 9:04 am
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12 Aug
There is a time for everything. So says Solomon in his supreme wisdom. Yet timing is a lost art for most people, especially in our opportunistic culture today. So, do you understand “times”? There’s a lot in the subject of time and timing. So this is just an introduction to the topic. You will remember [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry, Poetry & Prose — Chris Field @ 9:12 am
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11 Aug
Kings have authority and potency. That is why they are called ‘potentates‘. They wield authority over their domain and go to war with other kings to gain or preserve territory and authority.
Kings possess inherent qualities of authority. That authority has been expressed to the degree of the ‘divine right of kings’, which suggests that their [...]
Filed under: Church History, Manhood, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:32 am
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09 Aug
The note simply said, “Please meet me in my office at 2pm” and it was signed by the lecturer the young man had so rudely interrupted the day before.
When the young man and the professor met, there was some time of awkward niceties until they were both settled into chairs. The young man waited quietly. [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:33 am
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08 Aug
English history plays out for us a lesson on our own condition. I’ll tease it out for you, through reflection on the Kings of England. Two competing notions of royalty played upon the English monarchy over the past millennia. One notion is that of the special rights conferred upon a king, as God’s appointee. This [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Marriage, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:12 am
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