I am a loner. My preference has been my own company. Even with a beautiful family of a loving wife and three really awesome daughters, I don’t always love spending every minute of my time with them. Despite being a loner, however, the love of God compels me again to understand that I am nothing […]
Read More What I Love About Church: FellowshipLet me be honest with you. I sit in on church services and hear people say that they don’t know what anyone else came to do, but they came to praise the Lord. I hear others remarking how the gathering is for the primary purpose of worship. Don’t get me wrong, praise and worship are […]
Read More The Question of FellowshipThe other day I sat in a church service and the one leading the service selected Revelation 3:14-22 as the scripture reading. The case is that we read the scripture, hear a little bit spoken about it and then carry on with whatever’s on the schedule. Indeed we can read it and never refer to […]
Read More Corporate RepentanceI am very eager to see change. Change in myself, change in my loved ones, change in those who belong to the Body of Christ and change in those yet to become a part. I am very eager indeed to witness this change. I appreciate such a change is never straightforward and all that easy. […]
Read More Leave It To Jesus(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) Zoe is our two year old daughter. She was carried into Bletchley barely 3 months old, she will walk out confidently when we leave. On this occasion her confident walking took her next door to Dave’s house, where he and his son were putting up their Christmas […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Live at Peace with Your NeighboursIt is true that sometimes the worst advert for Jesus Christ are the people who purport to follow Him. Let me bring that closer to home, sometimes I am the worst advert for Jesus Christ through my behaviour. It’s sometimes lax, apathetic and somewhat aloof to the situation that people struggle with every day. It […]
Read More I Will Be There For You – When Church Is Really ChurchThe woman told me she belonged to a fellowship. This woman, who for the sake of the argument we’ll call Alison (not her real name), did not know I was a Christian. I don’t always jump at every opportunity to say ‘Snap’ whenever I come across a professing believer. Alison was a lot more open […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Confessional Community?Lets see here. Order of service is right. Sermon is inspiring. Songs are suitably pitched to deliver the right emotional outcome. Meetings in the week to keep up the impression that we’re active. Outreach activities like giving to the local food-bank or helping out at the local home for the elderly. Got a youth group […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Disciple-Making Community?Manchester United were playing Aston Villa this evening at Villa Park. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a football blog entry, there is a reason for this intro.) United are top of the table and looked favourites to get the win. Villa haven’t had a good season, but the home advantage and a very sluggish start from […]
Read More If It Doesn’t Matter Who Gets The Credit …I am not always motivated to blog. I love it. Blogging is such a great outlet for a number of reasons, but sometimes I just cannot muster the energy. Then I come across things like this piece of audio featuring Jon Zens on Organic Church. So when you think about church, do you think about […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Life?
Life With CD 