Demands are being made on me all the time from within and without. There are demands as a child, demands in the in-between years, demands as a single adult, demands as a married person, demands as a parent, demands as a work colleague, demands as a family member, demands as a church member, demands as […]
Read More Demands In The BalanceSimple songs, simple words, simple sentiments, powerful depth. When I hear this song and consider what it says my heart is overwhelmed with joy and praise and adoration to Him who is indeed worthy to be praised. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More DMCD Songs: You Are Worthy To Be Praised – Alvin SlaughterWhat I love about community and what I love about family is the opportunity you have to sit down over a cup of a beverage of your choice and be real with each other. I remember going through a tough stage in Stoke-on-Trent and my dear friend Andy opened his home up to me. Indeed […]
Read More The Church, Community and IdentityThis is one of those songs you must have on a ‘devotional’ playlist. I so enjoy the lyrical effort in conveying the wishes of God to His followers and how as He looks Praise looks good on us and in the same way that we should desire Him above all things, so He desires to […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Praise Looks Good On YouNo, this is not an entry from yet another programme we’ve watched recently. Oh no. This is a lesson learnt from the heart of the kitchen of our home. God has blessed me with a job that pays a fairly good wage. I cannot complain at how much I earn. It’s a fair wage indeed. […]
Read More Gratitude, Me Wife and The A-TeamYou thought I would just let it go, right? I got my little blogs out and that would be enough. Not quite yet. Not yet by a long chalk. There was the initial desire for Christian community – I’ll keep you updated. There was the consideration of Michael Frost’s definition of the purpose of the […]
Read More No, Really, What Is The Church?(Please check this week’s Prayer Points) Paper Talk Inspiration The Guardian, as ever objective and in no way leaning to a liberal, humanist and secular agenda, asks the question should schools require Christian worship? This comes at an intriguing time as I just read about the Anabaptist movement which was all for the separation of church […]
Read More The Church And The State – Educating Christopher’s ChildrenThere is the musical element of a song that can keep you going, but the depth of the lyrical content can make the journey that much more enriching and this is the case with a track like this. I hear it and reflect on reasons to be thankful and have a heart brimming with it […]
Read More DMCD Songs: My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness – Stuart Townend(Please check this week’s Prayer Points) I did two of my favourite things today – went to a church gathering and watched a football match. My engagement with both is the set-up for a look at something rather important to how I currently view life. I’m a bit concerned (No. 15 of 101 Understatements of the […]
Read More Church Life – Observing or ParticipatingI recently expressed the craving I have for Christian community and people might mention the word church and I wouldn’t stop people from doing that, and that would neatly bring me onto the subject of what on earth is the church for – good question that, if you get where I’m coming from – what […]
Read More What’s The Church For?
