Church 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 FriendshipIt 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?Whether it was looking at the deal in the meal, or the blind beginnings, the journey has truly been one traversing from one state of knowing to another. That has included subtle hints of a need for change, awakening experiences and a present stance of the Lord’s Supper being as much about mission as anything […]
Read More Journey into Joy in Communion – Part 5 – Universal and IntimateNot sure if I’ve told you, but recently I started playing squash again. Yeah. I am. Love it too. Playing it with a brother in Derby who really looks out for me, and is a quality hombre. So I’m doing my squash thing and feeling good about doing something relatively physical. Right in the middle […]
Read More Congratulations to the Marathon Man and Expository DiscussionA beautiful scene of what the Lord’s Supper means to me was enacted before me a few years ago. John (not his real name) was high up in the organisation, among the senior management team, he was a good nominal Christian, but had recently appreciated how shallow his faith was and wanted to deepen it. […]
Read More Enjoying The Lord’s Supper: The Great EqualiserI got a phone call. It was from someone I’d not heard from in quite a while. As you know I’m not big on making phone calls and subsequently receiving phone calls is all the more of a surprise as it suggests someone WANTS to talk to me. So this ‘someone’ and I conversed for […]
Read More EffectsI was bound to write this blog entry! (Let me get that out of my system from now.) A good friend of mine shared something in a message about a trend seen in the experience of members of church in a locality. They seemed to shift away from seeing their homes as centres for hospitality […]
Read More What Are You Bound By?When she came in, she spoke of how frustrated she was. She spoke of how she felt as though there was nothing stimulating for her and how people would talk about things changing with no sign of actual change taking place. As I heard her, my heart sank. It was an all too familiar story. […]
Read More Gospel Triggers – Communally Looking At Life Through God’s EyesA while back, I had a good friend. One of the things about this friend was just the great loyalty and dedication displayed. The servant heart was something that was somewhat taken advantage of by others. She would often be called because people knew she would be available and would help almost at the drop […]
Read More Loving People Because You Love PeopleWhen I woke up this morning, it slowly occurred to me that I am not the centre of the universe. At times with the life I live and how wrapped up I get in my thoughts, it can certainly appear that way, and I can behave in a way that suggests how mystified that the […]
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