Life's Journey

  Following the recent death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, here are a few quotes from the man who made his stand against apartheid in South Africa.  Quotes from Archbishop Desmond Tutu “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” It is not the volume of our words but the veracity that determines our outcomes. I have always considered that once you raise your voice you have lost the argument. The story is told of the preacher who wrote in his notes "Argument weak, speak louder" “I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.” All human beings deserve to be equality and compassion. Love should shine forth irrespective of the person one is with. “Without forgiveness, there’s no future.” Forgiveness has the power to heal the world, but without it we are headed towards darkness. This must be the best quote. It is with the forgiveness of God comes the hope of an eternal futur

  He is coming! Something special is happening. Surely that must be true as the decorations are set up. Lights are lit up, Trees are erected Who is it that is being expected? For some you would be forgiven if you thought it was a chubby man in a red suit flying around the world on a sleigh pulled by reindeer. However, could the real answer lie with a clue in the name of the event Christmas? CHRIST mas does seem to emphasise the name of Jesus Christ, and the full name literally means the "feast of Christ". To celebrate Christmas and ignore the central character seems to be a strange aspect of modern life.  Certainly there is much debate on the date, 25th December, but I can understand that because no one knows the precise date of the birth of the babe in the stall. Yet as Christians we do not claim this is his precise date of birth, but rather this is the date we specifically remember the birth of Jesus as it is recorded in the bible. Over the net couple of weeks many of us wi