I’m at Cliff College in Derbyshire this week, for the third of my four MA modules.  This week is on Pioneering ministry within our current cultural landscape and again I’m listening to stuff which is very familiar, not only from my own reading, but my experience of ministry ‘in the real world.’  In the slight ivory … More Constructing the future?

I’ve been journeying as a part of the Northumbria Community for a few years now, and 3 of those as a Companion (member) of the Community.  It is a new monastic group, dispersed throughout the UK and the rest of the world, committed to a shared way of life.  I’m just minded of it, because … More Availability and Vulnerability

As the year gradually winds up to its regular steady pace after the lush restful days of the Christmas season, I think its a good time for reflection before leaping in.  I’ve been visiting long term dreams and goals, and looking for the things that are life-giving, inspiring and very much at the forefront of … More Reflective

I guess I gave up the sort of ‘must lose weight, must exercise, must save the world’ kind of resolutions a while ago.  It’s not that I shouldn’t engage in some of those things, it’s just that they always seem to be framed negatively and that kind of psychology rarely works. Take the ‘January diet’ … More Resolute

Well here we are….2017!  To be honest, I still can’t quite articulate the disappointment of having to hold off our move back north, back home.    Thats’s not to say that we’re not making a good crack at life here in St Albans, but the move was more than just a practical choice or fad, … More Journeying on…through 2017

It is very easy to shun, or walk away from, our shadows.  Those parts of us that we are resistant to recognise, let alone embrace.  Within each of us there are unresolved parts, areas of disquiet and suspicion, which feel like something ‘other.’ When these parts of us are more prominent than the sense we … More Shadow King

So far it has been a lovely start to Advent, and a good balance of activity and reflection, worship and witness.  I’ve been enjoying the depth of longing found in the Old Testament as I’ve explored various passages of scripture that outline the Messianic Hope the people had for a good King to reestablish and … More The Advent wait…

Some of my Salvo friends have been kick-starting a bit of a discipleship movement.  Gotta love those crazy guys – I miss the good ones like mad.  This thing isn’t limited to the Army, they want to bust it out all over. These guys and gals commit around One Vision – to follow Jesus. Asking Jesus … More Infinitum

In our life of following Jesus, we never ‘graduate’ from him.  Its not that Jesus is the first base of learning, after which we move on to other things.  There are depths to him, especially to his identification as the ‘Christ’, that we’ll never be done fathoming, expounding and exploring, let alone exploring who is … More Jesus?

Doesn’t do any harm to undertake a bit of a spiritual review from time to time.  It’s something that has been well over due for me, seeing as I’m still trying to find a new spiritual director after having moved south last year.  It is so easy to get out of the pattern or habit … More Spiritual Check-up