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 UnitySo in the last entry, I had a little nudge at reconsidering the altar call. I thought that would be it for the time being in terms of reconsidering certain staple parts of the Christian lifestyle. So much for that thought. I heartily recommend having a read over at Eric’s Progress looking at The Sermon. […]
Read More Where Does It Say That Then? The SermonSymbolism I can handle. I dig it. In its place, in its time, for its purpose, it is a wonderful and profound method by which we tap into something deep and enriching. It suggests that there is something in a physical act, that relates to something way beyond the physical. With due meaning it can […]
Read More Come To The Altar – Why?He 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 […]
Read More Building Worship or Worshipping BuildingsNot long ago I wrote something in praise of teams, and after that Chris Jefferies from Journeys of Heart and Mind left a brilliant comment at the end of which was this pivotal line. Ultimate authority is not in havng absolute power but in knowing the Author. This is seen in the earthly ministry of […]
Read More Where Real Authority OriginatesChurch at its best is when a group of people who otherwise have no reason to be together, find themselves entangled in each other’s lives as they are now members of the family of God. That family is not just a nominal one. It’s a messy one. It’s one with all sorts of oddballs. It’s […]
Read More Family, Fellowship and FriendshipOn this occasion, it’s King Arthur’s fault. Arthur Sido over at The Voice Of One Crying In Suburbia, recently posted something on a some good stuff he’d come across. One of the posts he referred to was by Dan Edelen over at Cerulean Sanctum. As the linking goes, that post was part of a series […]
Read More Dealing With The SystemI am a Dr. Who fan. I enjoy watching the programme and enjoy talking about it. A significant part of the story is how the Doctor travels by his space/time machine called the TARDIS. It is supposed to blend in with its surroundings, but the Doctor’s one is stuck looking like a Police Box of […]
Read More Bigger Than We ThinkIt is not unusual to catch myself grumbling about something. Not that I love a good grumble, you understand. Most of the time I’m busy thinking about something, or smiling about something or laughing about something and some cases actually doing something! Yet there are those occasions in conversation, where after a while I discover […]
Read More What Were You Expecting?Thank God that in Jesus we see the Good Shepherd who cares for His sheep. This indeed is wonderful news. Yet is that a justification for some churches having their organisation centred on a Pastor considered as the one ‘in charge’ of affairs? I do mean that in the singulat sense as well, because in […]
Read More I Was Just Wondering: Pastor-centred Church
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