Consider this scenario: It’s a Monday evening and you receive a phone call from a close friend (let’s call her Sarah). They inform you that a mutual friend of yours (let’s call him, John) is about to leave the country and you’re unlikely to see that person for a long time. So you and Sarah […]
Read More Gathering For A ChangeThere is a genuine struggle at times going on in the inside of me to keep it together. Lurching into cynicism or despair can sometimes be an appealing option. Reading things, seeing things, hearing things, observing things and it can all get a bit depressing. Questions arise as to whether it’s worth it. Are things […]
Read More Why Songs Can HelpWhen you’ve been oppressed by the superpower of the day. When they have taken umbrage at your efforts for liberation and sent their mighty forces to bring you back in. When all of this is upon you, it’s understandable that you can feel a little anxious. When you’ve been oppressed by financial and mental pressures […]
Read More Gloriously TriumphantSo He ends His teaching. His outline of the life that is pleasing to the Father. He is very clear. It’s one thing for people to hear what He said, it’s another thing to follow what He said. Following what He said reflects life built on one foundation. Not following what He said reflects life […]
Read More Foundations: Rock or SandNewsflash – I love scripture. The recent reason for loving the Word is because of the relationship between Paul and Timothy. It’s one thing for us to see the example of Jesus in front of the disciples. We can see that and say it’s alright for them, they had the perfect example to follow. Yet […]
Read More You’ve Seen Him In Me – Let Them See Him In YouSure there’s plenty to give an update about with what happened in 2017 and hopes for 2018 and all that jazz, I’m sure there’s a place for all of that. That’s not here, though. What is here, however, is something that gripped my interest of late. You should be able to tell what it is […]
Read More Observe, Absorb, HabituateJust some questions buzzing round my head. Is it right as a follower of Jesus to consider the concept of ‘success’? If so, what is the disciple’s definition of success? How can it be measured? Is it fair for it to be measured as other non-Christian projects are measured? Is it possible that we may […]
Read More Measuring SuccessThis is a precarious project. The instructions were straightforward, but it’s often those that get muddled in our efforts to … ‘simplify’ the straightforward. They called him many things – some thought he was Elijah, some thought he was John the Baptist, some considered him to be a great prophet and others were hoping he […]
Read More Precarious Projects: Disciples Making DisciplesWhen I was a lot younger, I was given to having a rather dramatic reaction to things that happened. A good way of expressing that is my given moods when my football team won or lost. If my team won, I would be so buoyant you would not be able to stop me walking on […]
Read More Everything Is Not RuinedBe yourself, no matter what they say. Recently I spent a lot of the day listening on repeat to a particular track. I love this version more than the original, which is saying something. In listening to it, that line repeated at the end hung around – be yourself, no matter what they say. That is […]
Read More He Did Not Conform
