Over this year I have been visiting a friend in Wandsworth prison. Just about every week I have gone to the prison, sat in the visits hall and we have talked and prayed together. Even though he is the one who’s been stuck in prison, I have been uplifted and encouraged so much by our [...]
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I love people. I love relationships. Relationships are important. But – at the risk of being controversial – when it comes to the mission of Jesus, I think I’ve heard more about relationships in recent times than is healthy. This post, which a pastor-friend of mine retweeted just about sent me over the edge. The [...]
Good stuff here: What are we trying to do as church? Play at church’s got talent, or make disciples and make a difference. From @edstetzer http://ow.ly/3nHs6: Rather than seeking to be the next big thing – the church version of “America’s Got Talent” – let’s become the next transformative thing. Instead of our neighbors saying, [...]
If you live in London – and probably most of the world these days – you’ll be familiar with one of these common responses to the question “How are you doing?”: “Busy”, “Tired”, “Stressed”, “Too much to do, too little time”, “Overworked”, “Trying to hold it all together” The funny thing with modern life is [...]
Where adequate power is present almost any means will suffice, but where the power is absent not all the means in the world can secure the desired end. The Spirit of God may use a song, a sermon, a good deed, a text or the mystery and majesty of nature, but always the final work [...]
