tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72444041268347931072024-03-13T11:04:10.517-07:00Meditations on the ChristJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-37317569413068017322016-09-12T02:33:00.001-07:002016-09-12T02:34:04.856-07:00YOU WERE MADE TO PURSUE PLEASURE (Part 2)
To “create” is a very simple process and this is basically any activity that provides some kind of value. Like really smart AI software that can learn and become smarter the more it interacts, we are also created with the innate ability to learn and create things. This is because we are meant to contribute to an ecosystem and this is why each of us, YOU inclusive, has the naturally ability to J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-47919653914067851702016-09-12T02:31:00.000-07:002017-06-13T04:57:30.606-07:00YOU WERE MADE TO PURSUE PLEASURE!
Fact: In about 5 - 10 years or less, depending on the country you’re in, it is very likely that you will lose your job. If you are a banker, taxi driver, financial advisor, administrator, air hostess, factory worker, security guard, loan/credit officer, chef, bartender, there is a very high chance that an actual robot or bit of technology will take away your job.
Why?
It’s pretty simple. J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-12495250955893055882016-08-08T11:02:00.000-07:002017-04-27T03:47:28.207-07:00Step OutI used to teach martial arts in University and I remember an exchange with a student of mine. He said to me, "Do you ever feel afraid when you get into a fight?".
There was no wind blowing around us as Time stood still, waiting for the Zen-like answer from an ancient sage with white beards like Pai Mei. Just silence as I really thought about his question and all the combat scenarios I had beenJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-84317046572975647032016-04-26T12:42:00.000-07:002016-04-26T23:34:19.197-07:00The Bleeding Son (4)
Chapter Four: In the Beginning
“EL RIDES OUT! EL RIDES OUT! EL RIDES OUT!!!”
Instantly, I threw down the lance I had in my hands, leaving the students who stood before me in the Battle Hall and charged towards the doorway to catch a glimpse of The King, our King - EL. The students stood behind me, firm in their fight stances and not moving, though you could see the gleam in their eyes as J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-54734671871925866492015-06-09T11:28:00.002-07:002015-06-09T11:30:18.151-07:00The Evasive Gospel of the Kingdom (Part 3: Conclusion)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-66798533915890075802014-11-17T13:21:00.004-08:002014-11-17T13:22:20.305-08:00The Evasive 'Gospel of the Kingdom' (Part II)Let me start by explaining why Heaven is so boring…
Or, better still, let me try to shed light on why OUR picture of The Kingdom of Heaven is so boring. When I was younger, like any child, I was curious about this amazing Heaven that seemed so fascinating to everyone and I remember asking someone who was close to me what Heaven was going to be like. The response was:
“We will drink from the J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-81563854734594839712014-11-15T03:02:00.001-08:002014-11-15T23:55:38.254-08:00The Evasive 'Gospel of The Kingdom'In the strangest turn of events, I find that the hardest people to discuss The Kingdom of God with are Christians. The reason is simple. For the average Christian, the ‘church’ service and ‘church’ life is often the centre from which all else finds expression. So if one doesn’t talk about God in the context of attending a service, doing some religious activity or belonging to a religious J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-81259094601575575082014-11-13T10:35:00.003-08:002017-01-24T11:04:17.350-08:00Why do marriages break up? (Part III)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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There’s a
story I read some years ago of some prisoners who were told they would be
adding some value by building a road. As the story goes, these guys were very
enthusiastic and happy, morale was high and they put their backs into it,
building the road. Perhaps they were motivated by the innate human need to make
amends when one has done wrong, or J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-19852331121708744822014-09-30T02:25:00.003-07:002014-10-14T00:05:29.873-07:00Why do marriages break up?
This article was prompted by a little incident. I was
driving to work with a colleague and we got into a discussion about marriage. I
shared a few thoughts regarding marriage and he told me that was the
first time in his life he saw the relevance of marriage. Apart from feeling
happy I was able to make sense in some way, it also struck me – right between
the eyes – that many adults who are J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-47796758114758323902014-09-26T02:18:00.001-07:002014-09-28T02:02:45.596-07:00Jesus at the football games
Kuriak was
a highly commercial city with colorful events occurring every other day, but its
excitement was not enough for everyone, especially for those who liked games. Sam
was constantly bored and unhappy because no game seemed to catch his fancy or
make him happy. Then one day, Sam met Josh who said, ‘Hey Sam, would you like
to try a game called football?’. Sam agreed and Josh brought out hisJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-70198707031844721532014-09-16T12:31:00.001-07:002014-09-16T12:31:10.937-07:00An Open InvitationHello there, I see that you are interested in being a part of
my family. Actually, I put that desire on the inside of you and I am
excited at the possibilities. I have also known you for a while and even
sent several messages through people who spoke to you about what I may
be like and what a relationship with me may be like – but who know very little about me… This is not a bad thing.
J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-11619707641487913482014-08-17T04:55:00.002-07:002014-08-17T04:55:08.440-07:00If I were the EnemyI were your enemy
And If I loathed you, and hated you, and despised you – just for who you are and who’re you’re meant to be.
And if I decided to impede you, deceive you, and destroy you
But not just you
Your kids, your loved ones, what you stand for, and the very memory of who you are
Or who you were meant to be
And yet, knew that you were held by mighty hands, knew that I could not J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-78968867115514303172014-07-02T09:49:00.001-07:002014-07-02T09:51:20.999-07:00Don't get married IF...Today I write with a lot of pain, hearing stories of married friends who have gone separate ways. When these things happen, I have learnt never to take sides or to point a finger to any party because irrespective of what you may see, it is often hard to get the big picture, the true picture, if you are not in the marriage, in the home, living with the couple – and even if you are, sometimes, thatJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-19889874835256840372014-06-10T13:28:00.000-07:002015-08-16T02:17:33.891-07:00Our Favourite Demon (Part II) This is a continuation to the first part of the article. Click the link to read the first part:
http://christmeditations.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-favourite-demon.html
To really understand the events that happened next, you need to understand what our J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-18562940648349239202014-06-08T04:40:00.000-07:002015-04-03T03:59:42.618-07:00Our Favourite Demon<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-79636296613272258562014-05-01T10:46:00.000-07:002016-03-07T08:54:19.425-08:00Why your prayer will not be answeredSo my friend’s mom was about to die and we were definitely not going
to watch that happen. I do not want to go into details about that
disease, but it was one of those diseases that could not be cured. So we
got ourselves together and organised a “prayer chain”, and we fasted
and we prayed and we got our faith all revved up and charged up and knew
without an iota of doubt, even with several J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-39231902770536733432014-04-08T00:33:00.001-07:002014-04-08T00:33:32.476-07:00InsightI got into the office smiling, totally unaware of what lay in store for me. First it started with the tea lady who missed a step and poured a hot cup of black coffee on my trousers. I had yelped in pain, jumping up from my seat and had hit a colleague’s laptop right off the desk onto the floor and none of us needed a diviner to know the screen had cracked.
The problem was that it was that systemJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-17729506871108943352014-03-23T04:31:00.002-07:002014-03-24T08:02:36.803-07:00Why I do not pay Tithe (Part 2 of 2)This is a continuum to the first part of this article which you can read here:
http://christmeditations.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-i-do-not-pay-tithe.html
There were a lot of open and private comments where people expressed
their greviances at the article and my response had been quite simple:
If
you have a dissenting view that is based on scripture alone – and not
experiences or hearsay – let J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-16845895068096820312014-02-28T05:15:00.003-08:002014-02-28T11:34:31.041-08:00Formless: You cannot defeat an enemy you cannot see (part II of II)
I simply hope, despite the massive odds, that 0.1% of people who get
to read this article will start to re-think their current understanding
of the Church and church-related practices, and align their
understanding against what Christ left behind. Change is hard and often,
people will obey scripture only when a great majority of people are
obeying. Unfortunately, if a lot of people are J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-14545023054354682032014-02-26T05:32:00.000-08:002014-04-04T06:37:34.740-07:00Kissing Snakes: My book is now available in eBook format!After a lot of feedback and request from people who read and enjoyed
the "Kissing Snake" series, I have taken time to work on creating an
eBook out of it.
My eBook is finally available on Smashword! Yay!
I
am working on making it available on Amazon and many more sites; the
idea is a short interesting story that you can read on the go - and this
promises to be the first of many books to J.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-28420093330098210452014-02-09T00:37:00.002-08:002014-02-19T03:45:02.182-08:00Formless: You cannot defeat an enemy that you cannot see...<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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