This weekend a very dear friend of mine challenged me. There are a group of churches in a geographical region who are lacking in numbers. Meanwhile other churches have more numbers and could certainly do with giving some of their members the opportunity to serve elsewhere. My genius idea was to offer the opportunity to […]
Read More Are We Set Up To Be Fruitful?This post acts as a complimentary piece to one I wrote earlier stating that You Have A Voice. One of the things I enjoy about the gathering I frequent is that because there is no ‘official’ leader our times together are marked by as many members contributing as possible. This is not the norm for […]
Read More You Have A Pair Of EarsIt was a cold building. The joke was that it was warmer outside than it was inside. Only thing being, it wasn’t so funny for the older folks who had gathered and suffered from ailments such as arthritis. It was tough expecting them to accept such conditions. Still, the congregation gathered in the most suitable […]
Read More September Sojourn: Enjoying God TogetherDespite my best efforts, the technological issues continue to dog me efforts at regular blogging, althought to be fair, there have been other pressures on time that has made it harder to continue as I would have liked. Yet here I am again taking advantage of this window of opportunity to post something on what’s […]
Read More What To Do With Summer Days …There were only three of us. We don’t really know each other that well, but have something in common in following Jesus Christ. We were looking at the section of 1 Corinthians covering chapters 12 to 14. Reading that together and exploring aspects of it – what it meant, what the consequences were in our […]
Read More Reminder To Grow Up – A Study ExperienceIf we’re not careful, the issues of life will successfully distract us from the real purpose to living. I was mindful of that recently when I was talking with a friend about some church matters, especially on how we grow together in Christ. In the light of that I had some questions to share with […]
Read More Just Some Jesus QuestionsI love reading what Kathleen has to say over at Church in a Circle. Learning to enjoy the diversity in the Body of Christ continues to be something I get stimulated by. As I’ve mentioned in highly recommending her blog, Kathleen produces articles that are not just for tickling the intellectual taste-buds, but actually lead […]
Read More Take For Example …Chain Blog Prelude This is part of a Chain Blog series initiated by Alan Knox over at The Assembling of the Church. For more information about what a chain blog is click here and what this series is about then click here. I have the honour of following Jim Puntney who wrote on The Treasure […]
Read More So The World May Know – Observations on the Road to UnityFunny how things work out. Back in the early years of my walk in the Christian pathway, any interest in doing actual good works of service to people in community was minimal. By minimal, I’m probably being very kind to myself. Love was a nice concept in theory, but didn’t need to interfere with the […]
Read More Just Give Him A Cup Of SoupHe was talking about what they did with the facility. As we sat and heard him talk, it highlighted just how much work needed to be done to help him and others have a different perspective. There was an almost fatalistic view of the facility as solely for the purpose of ‘worship services’. As a […]
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