I think sometimes we have it all wrong. I think sometimes we think the chief end of life is to be happy. Sometimes I get the impression we think that’s the goal. It’s definitely evident in the advertising and programme making of some. It’s the undercurrent of a lot of what goes on in our […]
Read More The Pursuit of HolinessFrom time to time I get in those phases of thought on issues that concern more than me. Recently, I was informed by a close personal friend that someone I knew was struggling with their sexual identity. Sadly for the individual in question they belonged to certain church-folk who … to put it politely … […]
Read More Community of Compassion or Community of Hypocrisy?I often put in a gospel song in this slot and I’m happy to keep that going, but from time to time I do com across some other clips that are very interesting from my faith perspective. With my love and interest in matters of the church this clip offers dome food for thought. For […]
Read More Church FamilyNothing much for this time of evening. It’s another blessed Sabbath evening. Most of the family are asleep and I’ll be heading that way in the not too distant future. I was considering thought what it is about the Sabbath as a communal celebration that should make it something to eagerly await and embrace. I’m […]
Read More Just Some Sabbath ReflectionsAs I said, it’s all in the timing which can be reached by building momentum. I said it and I meant it, I can see life through that prism and it works for me. Developing on that, though, I came across the familiar passage of scripture that preoccupied my thoughts for the majority of last […]
Read More A Bit To The Left, A Bit To The Right – About PositioningSkeletons in the closet. What a wonderful phrase and a concept that says so much about our tendency to not be completely transparent about who we are. It doesn’t have to be anything major, but it’s enough for us to store it away in the hope that no one will ever choose to investigate that […]
Read More Skeletons in the ClosetThese kind of songs are wonderful at getting perspective back on the point of the whole Christian experience. It is about communion, it is about bread and wine, body and blood. It is about so much more. It is about what they represent and what they mean to regular Christian living. Starting the day with […]
Read More Behold The Lamb – Stuart TownendIt’s sometimes difficult to find material on which to blog, other times the ideas flow at such a pace it’s difficult to put it in writing and keep it condensed to a readable amount. The last 48 hours has been a good example of that, but I’ll keep this one brief. You’ll notice from time […]
Read More Reading – Keeping It PureWe are continuing the series on me growing journey of understanding what family is. As a recap there was the early days back in Wellingborough. I saw a wider world of family church wise when I went to Peckham during the university days. There was the dramatic shift in fortunes from the comforts of church […]
Read More Consider Yourself One Of The Family – Broader HorizonsThe eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honourable we bestow […]
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