Mike's Archive

• It's Time To Bite The Bullett
• Roll the Credits
• How Is Your Attitude?
• Bamboo, Roots & Resentment
• Building A Strong Marriage
• Living In Sin
• The Chain or the Circle
• There's Always Tomorrow
• Sticks and Stones
• Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy Fact
• Jesus and Football
• The Captain and the Coach
• You Can't Get There From Here
• The Thin Edge of the Wedge
• Equal, But Not The Same
• Please Don't Call Me Names!
• Equal but Different.
• The Enigma of Human Nature
• What's a Father To Do?
• Gay Marriage - An Opportune Time
• Do I Believe in Hell
• The Final Farewell
• The Death Of A Child
• The Death We Never Talk About
• The Birth We Call Death
• The Death We Never Talk About (2)
• To Speak Or Not To Speak
• Ken died last week
• Facing Facts, Funerals and Finality
• Why Does It Take So Long To Die
• The Final Farewell
• Until Death Do Us Part (1)
• Until Death us do Part (2)
• Until death do us part (3)
• No Regrets
• The New Normality
• Apathy: The Silent Enemy
• Chasing The Wind
• God Hates Religion
• Forgiveness - The Key To Freedom
• Dangerous Appetites
• Becoming Bitter or Better
• I Must Be Getting Old
• An Epiphany On A Train
• One Death Per Person
• Keep It Balanced!
• What God Has Put Asunder
• The Power of Poverty Thinking
• Finishing Well (Part 1)
• Finishing Well Part 2
• Finishing Well (Part 3)
• Finishing Well (Part 4)
• Finishing Well (Part 5)
• Finishing Well (Part 6)
• Finishing Well (Part 7)
• Finishing Well (Part 8)
• The Basin and the Towel - An Easter Reflection
• The Significance of Kingdom Suffering
• A Photo of Jesus
• Viva La Difference
• Great Expectations
• Blind Faith
• May The Force Be With You
• The Occult Octopus
• The Law, the Police and You
• Good News of a Fresh Start
• Asking God One Question
• How Good Is Good Enough?
• Weaving A Web
• Creating God In Our Image
• Not Good Enough For Church
• The Trouble With Religion
• A Strange Funeral Request
• A God-forsaken Country
• Please Don't Tell Me The Score!
• A Favourite Bible Verse
• Elijah Was An Atheist
• Trust Your Instruments!
• The Case Of The Cautious Atheist
• Did God Allow This Tragedy?
• Why This? Why Now? Why Me? (1)
• Why This? Why Now? Why Me? (2)
• Did You Hear What I Said? (1)
• Did You Hear What I Said? (2)
• Did You Hear What I Said? (3)
• Where Did That Come From
• Judging A Book By Its Cover
• The Trial of Faith
• Giving God The Silent Treatment.
• Further Reflections on the Trial of Faith
• Trust God or Curse God
• Where Is God In All This?
• But God
• The Source of Suffering
• The Blue Angels
• Three Little Words
• The Power of Illusion
• Reconciling God and Tragedy
  • Avoid It Like Poison
  • How To Fail Successfully
  • Do You Like Yourself
  • Hurt People Hurt People
  • The Gift of Pain
  • The Face Of Fanaticism
  • The Ministry of Doubt
  • The Integrity of Doubt
  • Erazing Our Past
• A Frightening Realism
• Life's Early Lessons
• Holding Back The Tide
• A Titanic Lesson
• You Had Better Be Right!
• When The Law Is A Nuisance
• Is Tolerance Always A Virtue
• Capital Punishment; Yes or No?
• Is Discrimination Always Wrong?
• Sincerity Does Not Make Wrong Right
• Homosexuality: The Debate Continues
• Our Upside Down Values
• Can We Solve The Drug Tsunami
• Is the Church Out Of Step
• Living In Disneyland
• The Mighty Dollar God
• A False God Is Exposed
• Abstinence is a Dirty Word
• Morality In Crisis
• The Media: Shaping Or Reflecting Culture?
• So What's In A Date?
• I am a Conservative!
• The Power Of Example
• I Am Not A Racist! (1)
• I Am Not A Racist! (2)
• Thinking Kingdom (1)
• Thinking Kingdom (2)
• Thinking Kingdom (3)
• The Blind Leading The Blind
• Christmas Celebrates.....Who?
• The Danger of a Painless Life
• The Enemy Within (Part 1)
• The Enemy Within (Part 2)
• The Enemy Within (Part 3)
• Kevin Changes His Mind
• Same-Sex Marriage - Again
• What is Truth?
• Hide & Seek
• Accepting Defeat With Grace
• Does God Turn The Other Cheek?
• Growing Old Fruitfully

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Here you can find an Archive of all of Mike's older logs - have a browse through for an interesting read. Any blogs which Mike may find relevant in the future will be revisited in Mike's "Recommended Reading" list on the log page.

• Journal Entries - July-December 2011
  • Does God Turn The Other Cheek (1)
  • Does God Turn The Other Cheek (2)
  • Going Home (1) - Being Prepared
  • Going Home (2) - Facing Mortality
  • Going Home (3) - A Quantum shift
  • Going Home (4) - Final Authority
  • Going Home (5) - Out of Control
  • Going Home (6) - Breaking Camp
  • Growing Old Fruitfully
  • Who Has A Plan For My Life?
  • The God Who Hides Himself
  • The One Thing That's Not Good
  • I Got Really Angry At Church!!
• Journal Entries, March, April, May, 2011
  • God Can...But Will He? (1)
  • God Can...But Will He? (2)
  • God Can....But Will He? (3)
  • A Fresh Touch From God (1)
  • A Fresh Touch From God (2)
  • A Fresh Touch From God (3)
  • A Simple Word, A Deadly Danger (1)
  • A Simple Word, A Deadly Danger (2)
• Journal Entries - January, 2011
  • The Seasons Of The Soul (1)
  • The Seasons Of The Soul (2)
  • The Seasons Of The Soul (3)
  • The Seasons Of The Soul (4)
  • The Prodigal Son: What If...? (1)
  • The Prodigal Son; What If...? (2)
• Journal Entries - November, 2010
  • A Picture of Grace (1)
  • A Picture of Grace (2)
  • A Picture of Grace (3)
  • A Picture of Grace (4)
  • Christmas: When Two Worlds Collide (1)
  • Christmas: When Two Worlds Collide (2)
  • God In My Computer
  • A Tough Call At Christmas (1)
  • A Tough Call At Christmas (2)
• Journal Entries - September, 2010
  • Reflection on Retirement (Revisited)
  • Waiting To Die or Dying To Live?
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (1)
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (2)
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (3)
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (4)
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (5)
  • What Is Your Achilles Heel? (6)
• Journal Entries - April, 2010
  • The Subtlty of Sin (1)
  • The Subtlty of Sin (2)
  • The Subtlty of Sin (3)
  • That's Not What I Expected
  • 'Til Death Do Us Part.
  • Intimacy, Prayer....and Sex?
• Journal Entries - March, 2010
  • The Point Of No Return (3)
  • The Point Of No Return (4)
  • Rules and Religion (1)
  • Rules and Religion (2)
  • Rules and Religion (3)
  • Rules and Religion (4)
  • Rules and Religion (5)
• Journal Entries - February, 2010
  • Why Am I So Discouraged? (1)
  • Why Am I So Discouraged? (2)
  • Why Am I So Discouraged (3)
  • Why Am I So Discouraged? (4)
  • The Point of No Return (1)
  • The Point of No Return (2)
• Journal Entries, December/January 2010
  • The Christian and Road Rage (1)
  • The Christian and Road Rage (2)
  • The Christian and Road Rage (3)
  • The Kiss Called Christmas (1)
  • The Kiss Called Christmas (2)
  • The Kiss Called Christmas (3)
  • My Life - Would I Change Anything?
• Journal Entries, November 2009
  • An Analysis of Disobedience (1)
  • An Analysis of Disobedience (2)
  • An Analysis of Disobedience (3)
  • An Analysis of Disobedience (4)
  • A Self Centred Soliloquy
• Journal Entries, October, 2009
  • Pondering My Purpose (1)
  • Pondering My Purpose (2)
  • Pondering My Purpose (3)
  • Pondering My Purpose (4)
• Journal Entries - September, 2009
  • From The Head To The Heart
  • An Attack of the 'Guilts'
• Journal Entries - August, 2009
  • Recovering That "First Love" (1)
  • Recovering That "First Love" (2)
• Journal Entries - July, 2009
  • The Ultimate Affirmation (1)
  • The Ultimate Affirmation (2)
  • The Ultimate Affirmation (3)
  • Another Wedding Anniversary!
  • Pay Attention, Mike
• Journal Entries - June 2009
  • Praying A Wordless Prayer
  • Reaching Rome, Reaching Home
  • The Kingdom Party
  • The Kingdom Party (2)
  • With Friends Like This....
  • Does God Really Care?
• Journal Entries - March 2009
  • Going On Or Giving Up (1)
  • Going On Or Giving Up (2)
  • Going On Or Giving Up (3)
  • Going On Or Giving Up (4)
  • The Day Jesus Showed Up Late!
  • Believing What You Know
• Journal Entries - February, 2009
  • Why Was I Crying?
  • I Hate Religion (1)
  • I Hate Religion (2)
  • I Hate Religion (3)
• Journal Entries - January 2009
  • Grace Sufficient
  • My Desire For Heaven
  • Monitoring My Mortality
  • Monitoring My Mortality (2)
• Journal Entries - December 2008
  • The Desert Classroom (cont)
    • (7) Paul's Silent Years
    • (8) Jesus In The Desert
    • Elijah Re-visited (1)
    • Elijah Re-visited (2)
    • Elijah Re-visited (3)
    • Elijah Re-visited (4)
• Journal Entries - November 2008
  • The Seasons of Life
  • Do Churches Have Seasons?
  • The Desert Classroom
    • (1) Going and Growing in the Desert
    • (2) Whose Desert? God's or Mine?
    • (3) Moses Goes to School
    • (4) David's Learning Curve
    • (5) Elijah's Struggle With God
    • (6) John the Baptist's Desert Formation
• Journal Entries - October 2008
  • Living in the Past, Present or Future
• Journal Entries - August 2008
  • The Ministry of Affirmation
  • Finishing Well
  • Grace For Today
• Journal Entries - July 2008
  • Two Men In A Boat (1)
  • Two Men In A Boat (2)
  • Two Men In A Boat (3)
  • Two Men In A Boat (4)
  • Two Men In A Boat (5)
  • Two Men In A Boat (6)
  • Two Men In A Boat (7)
  • Two Men In A Boat (8)
• Journal Entries - June 2008
  • The Yoke Principle
  • The Yoke Principle (2)
  • The Yoke Principle (3)
• Journal Entries - May, 2008
  • Is That You, Lord (1)
  • Is That You, Lord? (2)
  • Is That You, Lord? (3)
  • Is That You, Lord? (4)
  • Is That You, Lord (5)
• Journal Entries - April 2008
  • Integrity In Prayer
  • The Subtlety of Depression