On Inter-Racial Marriages

Just a quick one for you, click the link to watch/hear a perspective on inter-racial marriage from a guy I admire, John Piper.  Do not just consider it from the perspective of marriage, consider carefully the implications for church living in a multi-cultural society, with a mission to reach those of different ethnicities.  Consider those […]

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Right In The Middle Of It

William Becton & Friends.  I don’t expect you to know who they are, and before 2000 I had no real idea who they were either.  In my early months in Stoke-on-Trent I was exposed to some more black gospel artists than I was used to and among them was the aforementioned William Becton & Friends. […]

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His Strength In My Weakness

Feelings. Sometimes they come in for some criticism and other times they are somewhat overrated. It is fair to say that it is not easy to ignore them. They can also be a good indicator of how and where we are at a given moment. Just because we feel in such a way does not […]

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Appreciating Diversity

It really does take all-sorts. What you’re about to read is not an advert for the political/social philosophy of diversity.  You might have a policy in your work place about diversity.  I know my workplace does.  As with a lot of employment policies it has good intentions, but because of the level of emotional and […]

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Sorting Me Out

Why I love Jesus. (Part 27 of 999,999,999 reasons) One of the first things I learnt about myself was just what a complex character I was.  One minute in this mood, another minute in a completely different mood.  At one point with the saintly affections that endear.  Another point and  my motives are not so […]

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Going Beyond The Superficial

One of the things I love about the community of faith is that it gives you time to be superficial and fake whilst giving you time to realise that being way is going to profit you nothing. In as much as some centre their Christian expressions to the weekly service, there are those who centre […]

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