They are Who They Are I’ve written before about how we don’t have to like people to love them. But (at least for me) this can be an easy trap to fall into. It is nobody’s job to make sure Jonathan Manske is happy or to make sure things are done the way Jonathan likes […]
Young people cracking the code
November 9, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Young people cracking the code On Wednesday, we drove around Buka Island to the village of Kesa where the YWAM (youth with a mission) medical ship, Liberty, was anchored. I saw something there that absolutely filled my heart with joy. I saw a bunch of young people (18 to mid-twenties) and some older people too […]
Seeds of corruption
November 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Seeds of corruption They say that power can corrupt. They also say that money can corrupt. However, on the other end of the scale, poverty can corrupt too. There are many forces and circumstances that can lead to corruption, that can have good people behave in ways that are not good. Webster 1828 defines corrupt […]
How quickly can we get unhooked?
October 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Karis – a better way of doing business
October 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Karis – a better way of doing business I recently met the founders of Karis Properties in South Africa. Karis is a Greek word that means grace, or kindness, or love. And that is how Betsie and Andre run their business – with grace, kindness, and love. They are making the world a better place […]
Stopping the condemnation craze
September 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Stopping the Condemnation Craze We have been trained and conditioned to look at things from a good or bad, right or wrong perspective. This brings in judgment and condemnation. When we do this, we are making identity statements. ~ He is a bad person because he did that bad thing. I am a bad person […]
Pick a world ~ loving or judgmental
August 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
First choices and first impressions
August 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
First Choices and First Impressions Regardless of the first impression (or second or third or…) someone makes, we still get to choose how we look at that person. We can look through eyes of love, kindness, and compassion. Or, we can look through other eyes. Much Love, Jonathan Help me out please ~ if this […]
Here to love
August 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“We Need to Talk”
July 9, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“We need to talk” When we feel the need to point out something to someone, we can have one of two orientations. We can come from love ~ wanting the best for that person, wanting to uplift, wanting to bless the other person’s life. Or we can come from not-love ~ irritation, annoyance, disappointment, frustration, […]
