I've been thinking about how we relate to people both within and beyond the normal scope of our community of faith, and remembered a Vineyard Seminar in about 1992/3 that focussed on blessing people as a way of communicating positively (even evangelistically.)
So I've embarked on a brief series of messages about "Blessing" called "Leaving a Good Taste."
My mum used to say that some people left a bad taste in your mouth, and I wanted to help our lovely people come to terms with the imperative to leave a good taste in the mouths of all manner of people; even the "moron" who cuts me off in the traffic, or threatens my kids in a park.
So the next few posts will follow the notes for those messages and the teasers that I published in our weekly bulletin. I try to keep it biblical but it also reflects a heck of a lot of where I am at the moment.
Have fun with and feel free to respond via the blog.