I wrote an email to a friend today. Back in the day I was encouraged to write letters. It was the time when there was this thing called penpals where you could befriend people from different countries by the power of the letter. I remember starting that. I remember not continuing it after long, because […]
Read More Bringing Me To TearsIt is true that sometimes the worst advert for Jesus Christ are the people who purport to follow Him. Let me bring that closer to home, sometimes I am the worst advert for Jesus Christ through my behaviour. It’s sometimes lax, apathetic and somewhat aloof to the situation that people struggle with every day. It […]
Read More I Will Be There For You – When Church Is Really ChurchBob had made up his mind on the issue. He had been out of work for two years, and he was now 50 years old. He didn’t feel he could go back to his last job because it had got him to the point of despair. Other than that his work history wasn’t much to […]
Read More Faith And Being RealisticThere was four of us seated round the table laughing about things like how you were considered a young man in the church until you reached 70 by which time you were sent to a home. Laughing stopped when we agaon considered the words of Jesus regarding aspects of the cost of discipleship. Anyone coming […]
Read More Creating the Culture for Cross CarriersChristianity can appear fairly grim, sombre and serious at times. Have you ever seen people’s faces while they are singing? If you get the chance, watch a video on YouTube or wherever of people singing and watch it on mute and see the facial gestures. They can be singing about a love so pure and […]
Read More In All Seriousness We Don’t Have To Be All SeriousTrue story. I scheduled yesterday’s post after writing it way back on Saturday. I wrote it, scheduled it, then forgot all about it. Yesterday, something, maybe a tweet or a blog, got me thinking about confessing. On the strength of that I did a series of tweets with the hashtag #IMustConfess. Of course later on […]
Read More What’s The Fuss With Confession?The woman told me she belonged to a fellowship. This woman, who for the sake of the argument we’ll call Alison (not her real name), did not know I was a Christian. I don’t always jump at every opportunity to say ‘Snap’ whenever I come across a professing believer. Alison was a lot more open […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Confessional Community?Learning about teaching and different things, makes me aware that not everyone loves words. There are a variety of ways to communicate and take on board information – some people love the visual, some people love to listen to things, some prefer to learn on their own, some prefer to be in company. Most effective […]
Read More Grateful To God For WordsLets see here. Order of service is right. Sermon is inspiring. Songs are suitably pitched to deliver the right emotional outcome. Meetings in the week to keep up the impression that we’re active. Outreach activities like giving to the local food-bank or helping out at the local home for the elderly. Got a youth group […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Disciple-Making Community?Manchester United were playing Aston Villa this evening at Villa Park. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a football blog entry, there is a reason for this intro.) United are top of the table and looked favourites to get the win. Villa haven’t had a good season, but the home advantage and a very sluggish start from […]
Read More If It Doesn’t Matter Who Gets The Credit …
Life With CD 