I know this is usually put at the end of a church gathering, but listening to this works for me just as well at the beginning of the day … indeed any time of the day. I love the reminder it gives me of what resides in me and how I share that with others […]
Read More DMCD Songs: May The Peace Of God – Stuart TownendYou should have already gathered that this season has been about discovering more about who Jesus is even if ever so briefly. Lately I have had plenty of opportunity to reflect on how that makes a difference to every day living. The Life Context Of course first let us talk about football. Watching the game […]
Read More Building Life Around JesusRecently I celebrated five years of blogging. In as much as I enjoy reading and writing, it takes certain things to get me to review what I’ve written. When it comes to the topic of freedom I was surprised to see how much I had written on the topic of freedom. Not too long from […]
Read More Are You Free?School plays. Did you love school plays? Even if they were just plays for your year or your class, did you like them? I liked them. I remember doing ‘There’s A Hole In My Bucket’ at Infant School – but that is a vague recollection of my first performance. I remember the school plays when […]
Read More Leaving Stoke – One Year OnDue to the nature of this blog, it’s not always clear what actually is going on in my life at any one time. I’ll have a thought about something, I’ll create a series about something else and only occasionally will the actual substance of significant aspects of my life emerge. That’s not a bad thing […]
Read More Going To Church AgainThe curtain was rent asunder and that meant there was open access. Where before there was a set procedure to get your religious stuff sorted and that meant going through the priest system, Jesus fulfilled all that in His sacrifice on the Cross. The wonderful thing about the arrangement highlighted in Hebrews is that Jesus […]
Read More Only Jesus RepresentingOn Saturday evening there was a programme on the American Dream. The documentary looked at the link between faith and the Dream. It was fascinating seeing things like the Positive Thinking message of Peale and then the mystic influences on the hippy movement and the rise of the American Right on issues like homosexuality and […]
Read More Depictions of FaithThis is the last in a three part blog series today reviewing the state of my being as I turn 33. It obviously makes sense then that reviewing a year of three’s and how it’s been all about that number that I do a three part series. Following the look at how life has been […]
Read More The State of DMCD Address – Part ThreeThis morning my wife and I were talking about expectations. My wife spoke some words that really inspired me to consider the whole thing about expectations. For example there are people who don’t feel comfortable in some church settings. The formality of it, the impersonal nature of it and the ability to hide behind the […]
Read More Change of ExpectationsI am not sure if there is a more important social structure than the family. Some may argue the church, but that can be seen in the light of church is always meant to be like a family. How do I relate to God? As my heavenly Father. How is Jesus referred? The Son of […]
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