Ekuseni kusekho, ugqirha wezempilo eWorcester uqala umsebenzi wakhe. Udinwe ngenxa yobusuku obudlulileyo, kodwa unyanga isigulana ngasinye ngembeko nangobubele, kwanabo bangenakuhlawula. Kwelinye icala ledolophu, utitshala unceda ngenyameko umntwana osalele ngasemva, nangona kungabikho mntu uya kuqaphela. Ezi zenzo zincinci, zidla ngokungabonwa. Kodwa emehlweni kaThixo zibonakalisa ubomi be-tsaddiq—omntu olilungisa. Igama lesiHebhere tsaddiq (צַדִּיק) litolikwa ngokuthi “olilungisa” okanye “olilungileyo.” […]
Hesed: Uthando LukaThixo Oluthembekileyo
Wonke umntu unqwenela uthando olungaze luphumele. Noko kunjalo, elimiyezweni yethu uthando luhlala luxhomekeke kwiimeko. Luyatshintsha ngenxa yeengxaki, ukudana okanye inzuzo yomntu. Kodwa kutheni ukuba kubekho uthando olungaze lukhulule, oluhlala luthembekile nditsho xa abantu besilela? IBhayibhile ineligama ngolu hlobo lothando: hesed. Igama lesiHebhere hesed livela amaxesha angaphezu kwe-250 kwiTestamente eNdala. Lingomnye wamagama atyebileyo eZibhalo, litolikwa njenge […]
Philoxenos: Ukububele
Esinye sezona zinto zingundoqo entliziyweni yomntu kukufuna ukuhlala phakathi kwabanye. Noko kunjalo, abantu abaninzi kuluntu lwethu baziva ngathi bangabaphambukeli. Bahamba ezitalatweni zethu, basebenza emasimini ethu okanye bahlale kumagumbi okufunda, kodwa bahlala beziva bengekho kwindawo. Abanye ngabaphambukeli abavela kwamanye amazwe, abanye ziintanga zethu abanenkcubeko ebonakala ingafani neyethu. Kodwa kanti, ngaba abo sibajonga “abangaphandle” ngabantu abanye abathunyelwe […]
Avodah: Umsebenzi njengoNqulo
NgoMvulo kusasa, iindlela zaseWorcester zizaliswa ngabantu abaya kumafama, kwizikolo, kwiivenkile, kwiindawo zokwakha nakwiiofisi. Abanye bahamba benamandla, abanye beneentliziyo ezinzima, kwaye uninzi lubona umsebenzi wabo njengendlela yokufumana umvuzo kuphela. Kodwa kutheni ukuba umsebenzi ube ngaphezulu nje kokusinda? Kuthekani ukuba yonke into esiyenzayo, ukusuka ekufundiseni umntwana ukuya ekukhonzeni umthengi, ukusuka ekulungiseni uthango ukuya ekuqhubeni intlanganiso, ibe ngumsebenzi […]