The Everyday Mavericks

“But the Spirit produces love , joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.” — Galatians 5:22–23 ( Good News Translation )   Love as an Everyday Practice Sitting in the school hall, waiting for the awards ceremony to start, I browse the programme to look for my eldest daughter's name on the list. I find it. And in that quiet moment, I am immediately reminded that we are anomalies. As individuals and as a family. All four of us. My kids, my wife, and myself. It makes me pause and think about what it means to move through the world when you don't quite fit the template people expect—and what that reveals about the way we practise love. The Architecture of an Anomaly Love is a foundational place to begin looking at human character, yet it is often misunderstood. It is a word we use freely, often with great confidence, but when we stop to consider what we mean by it, things become a little more ...