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 …I am not always motivated to blog. I love it. Blogging is such a great outlet for a number of reasons, but sometimes I just cannot muster the energy. Then I come across things like this piece of audio featuring Jon Zens on Organic Church. So when you think about church, do you think about […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Life?I am employed as a tutor. I work with adults who have been unemployed for over 6 months. The idea is to refresh, revise and reinvigorate the learners about jobsearch skills. The challenge is that by the time they reach the short course I deliver, some of them are well entrenched on a cycle of […]
Read More What Is It To Teach?The statement of this blog entry is an issue of controversy. Some view this as a very arrogant statement. First of all it is quite clearly declaring that there are ways, but among the ways there is only one way. Way? Way to what? Way to be. Way to live. Way to love. It’s a […]
Read More Jesus Christ Is The WayMark 9:14-29 tells the story of Jesus, a crowd, faithlessness, a spirit-possessed son and a desperate father. Even with the benefit of reading in hindsight, there should be features that are familiar to people reading it. This doesn’t have to do with children in trouble. This is an issue of faith and faithlessness. Where is […]
Read More Help My UnbeliefHere’s another submission to the Question of Identity series more of which you can discover here. I have a lot of respect for the written works of Arthur Sido. He blogs, tweets and updates his FB and I find a lot of what he has to say thought-provoking and soul enriching. I don’t have to […]
Read More QOI: I Believe – So What?This is another instalment in the Question of Identity series. To find out more you can read the introductory entry by clicking here. As you might have noticed, across the pond, our American cousins are gearing themselves up for Tuesday’s Presidential elections. As with the General Election, this time in the political season can evoke […]
Read More QOI: Who Has My Vote?
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