Tim King Leadership

Ruminating in the rabbit warrens of my mind. I am still thinking about the scripture that talks about the renewing of our mind.(Romans 12:2) When I was young, we Pentecostals would remove our minds from situations, saying rather "that the Holy Spirit will reveal all things to us", so in essence thinking was an optional extra. I for one, have never really been comfortable with this process and would rather believe that the Holy Spirit would guide and lead my thinking and be part of the thought process, not distinct from it. This last weekend I was reading the Saturday morning newspaper, when I came across an article that talked of   researches at two universities who have found that meditation and mindfulness can be very dangerous for our well being. This in contrast is completely opposite to what the advocates of meditation say. The researches explained that by emptying the mind and setting the mind to think of just one thing resulted in increased stress levels...

The Leader and the Kiwi bird. Earlier this week I was meditating on the scripture from Isaiah 40:31                 They that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength,                 they will soar on wings like eagles;                 They will run and not grow weary,                 They will walk and not faint.  In line with this,- as you tend to do when you are meditating and you end up going down various rabbit warrens in your mind, I began to think about the renewing of your mind and what it (your mind) is there for.   Romans 12:2                 Do not conform any longer ...