A creative man is best left to find his cloud. For from there he can draw inspiration from other worlds
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
Friday 31 July 2009
ulterior motives
ulterior motives appeal to the cowardly. do the right thing because it is right.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
others
We must start to believe that life can change. Not only for us. But for those that cannot even afford a life.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
change.
Making change isn't easy. it is one dirty foot in front of the other. it's cold nights outside. it's early mornings in prayer. it's working when others are playing. it's spending time with people you normally wouldn't. it's taxing on your finance and your dignity... luckily, making change it not a matter of ease, but rather a matter of calling.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
bang for ya buck!
you receive more from life by being selfless then you do by being selfish.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
tired & hungry
We all tire at days end, yet I refuse to sleep without first edifying my soul. I may go to bed physically hungry, but never spiritually.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
more.
It seems to me that the more I press into Him, the more His dream is pressed into me... The more my heart breaks in, the more it is broken for those He loves... The more i reach up, the more inclined I am to reach out... And the more i choose to love Him, the more I begin to love others.
- Laura Daphnie Jean Meers
deeds
There is a difference between having your deeds exposed by light and moving into the light to see them more clearly. depending on your intention, truth will do both.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
Thursday 30 July 2009
Tuesday 21 July 2009
What is your dream?
I have a dream. A thought. An idea. it goes a little like this...
Day after day I have consistent conversations with teens all over the world. From different schools, countries and cultures. Seemingly so different, yet all the same. The search for identity & acceptance reigns as one of the loudest cries from this generation. Who am I? What is right? what is wrong? Am I homosexual? why do I think like this? is my family weird? Where do i fit in this world? What does the bible say? Etc...
Who answers these questions? Where do these teens draw hope from? Yes we would pray it is the Bible, the church, youth and Christian friends, yet this is such a small catchment pool to rely on without being proactive to increase it. When I was growing up I would ask my leaders, but i would also search google for the answers. Lucky for me I was half witted enough to draw the good from the bad.
A few moths ago I was sitting at Starbucks reading my bible and praying and i felt God say: 'This generation is crying with questions and you sit with the answers' and then I felt challenged as to how i would answer the questions.
I believe there are two places to meet a man. In the marketplace and at his point of need. You do not look for a shell in the mountains nor for mountain cabin on the beach. This is an online generation. Google, Myspace, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter is the bread and butter of this generation. Yet we seem to overlook this overpopulated marketplace. I see no better place to meet a teens need then online.
I find people talk online more about life then in person. They are more 'open' and trusting over a flat screen then a flat white.
So this is my dream. i call it 'mixed tape.' Mixed Tape is all about you, the individual. Mixed Tape is a website being developed which will give answers airtime. Yes I believe one on one relationship is important, But the bible says that Jesus also spent time and spoke to the multitudes as well as his disciples, I am not favoring one over the other. I am passionate and personally committed to both. Mixed tape is about giving us the opportunity to answer the individual question on a bigger scale.
Imagine when a teen types a life question into google and presses enter that the first page to come up is the mixed tape website. a website with the answers. a website that not only speaks with wisdom but also with truth and love. A website devoted to the growth of this generation. Developed specifically to challenge, equip and transform a generation. A website that shares light on divorce, sexuality, abortion, relationships, God etc with knowledge drawn from professionals, mothers, grandparents, pastors, doctors, psychologists and other teens. A website which gives room for anonymous questions. Imagine a website endorsed by schools, councils and government organisations because it has proof of results. Imagine a website linked to the local church, giving churches immediate face-to-face exposure where it is needed most.
is this about a website? No. This is about the individual; this is about change, about opportunity, about helping others flourish and about being Jesus to our generation. This is about teaching a man to fish rather then giving him a fish.
It’s just an idea. a thought a dream. But for me it will not remain a dream within the confines of sleep, but rather a dream played in the light of day where it can be seen, challenged, pushed and molded to become reality.
What is your dream? begin to imagine...
Friday 17 July 2009
value for money
Driving people to the airport takes hours of your day. Yet the conversation you make adds years of wisdom to your life.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
more
Think more. Write more. Push more. Challenge more_ Regardless of sarcasm & opinion of others let their cliched views be your catalyst to do MORE.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
dream
protect your dream. others always seem to know better, but not always best.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
A revolution against self
The battle of destiny vs complacency... A revolution against self.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
Saturday 4 July 2009
silence.
When arguments arise & tempers flare some fuel it with slander, but a wise man in his silence brings solitude.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
walk the line
Even the challenge itself lays in anticipation of ur endeavor. How will you walk it out? Who will get the better end? The challenge or you?
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
an uncommon people
The fervent prayers, the steps of faith, the expectant heart in uncommon hours will result in a unexpected breakthrough in common hours.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
sleep required
The divergence of having 'slept but not rested' to having 'rested but not slept' is your mind_
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
hindsight.
In sight, hindsight seems insightful, yet only true if applied to the next out of sight situation.
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
end of fashion
If fashion is the reason 4 existence then we are a passionate generation! Willing to give all & go w-out to be seen as vogue_ But it is not!
- Reuben Leigh Skewes
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