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How To Win Every Social Media Argument
Read more: How To Win Every Social Media ArgumentWhen I was in my teens there was a game we would often play at our youth club. The leader would ask a question and give two potential answers. The answers would be represented by two opposite sides of the room and we had to choose which we would run…
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How Wrong I Was
Read more: How Wrong I WasAs 2020 approached I had such an expectation in my spirit about the impending 12 months ahead. It felt like I was bubbling with a prophetic sense that something ‘new’ was about to happen in the church and this theme was reinforced by a number of respected and trusted guest…
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Who misses our singing most – us or God?
Read more: Who misses our singing most – us or God?Our worship is for the audience of one – but is that ‘one’ me or God? My last post entitled ‘losing our song’ found much resonance but also evoked some debate about the rights of the church to express our worship in song. I don’t want to recycle that conversation…
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Losing Our Song
Read more: Losing Our SongI lost my sight once. I couldn’t see anything. This highly valued sense which had helped guide me through many adventures had temporarily left me. In a similar way churches have recently lost some abilities which we greatly value. The inability to meet together is gradually easing but now we…
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Fully Charged For The Season Ahead
Read more: Fully Charged For The Season AheadI have found recent months to be really tiring and I don’t admit this lightly. I don’t really like talking about my own tiredness as a ‘shepherd’ – I want to focus on the needs of the ‘sheep’ and they have all been through so much this year, but I…
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New Opportunities For Discipleship
Read more: New Opportunities For DiscipleshipHow many books have you read about discipleship? If you are a church leader then you have probably read quite a few. I have – I’ve loved them all (well maybe not quite all) – but I’m aware of a frustrating gap between many of their idealogical concepts and practical…
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Racism And Our Posture
Read more: Racism And Our PostureI was deeply moved when I saw the horrific video showing a 46year old black man, face down on the ground detained by four white police officers with one kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. George Floyd died – he was murdered – and only after…
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Restoring What We’ve Lost
Read more: Restoring What We’ve LostThere is much for us to grieve. We’ve lost so much. There is much that we should have had that has sadly been lost – it’s an absolute tragedy. I’m not talking about the impact of the lockdown. No, I believe we lost so much before the coronavirus became a…
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A 630 Mile UK Prayer Gathering
Read more: A 630 Mile UK Prayer GatheringWe’ve just launched something that 9 months ago was nothing more than a crazy dream. Last summer Nita and I were walking our dogs on a section of the South West Coast Path. It’s a path that has attracted millions of walkers over the years with most completing small sections…
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We Wrestle Not
Read more: We Wrestle NotThere is a danger that the ministry of the church becomes so practical and formulaic that we forget we are engaged in a cosmic spiritual battle. There is a danger that we live in near denial regarding this full on battle that is raging around us. I know there have…
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