Hatfield Travel Lodge isn’t exactly Mount Sinai or the Mount of Olives, but God sent a message anyway.   I was sleeping fairly lightly; a combination of a warm non-air-conditioned room, a 4 month baby, 7 year old daughter and Mrs C sharing the same space too. Every time I woke up I was hearing phrases … More One!

I took a last minute decision to take a couple of hours out this morning to stop, think, pray and wait on God.  After dropping the kids at school I normally turn my attention to the daily office of the Northumbria Community which I have on CD in the car.  I just couldn’t focus and … More Embrace

Friendship is one of those funny things.  I’ve always struggled with it, mainly because my experience of it has always been…well, a bit difficult.  I don’t make real friends easy…its not in my make-up.  I don’t easily get to the point where I share the deep things in my heart and mind with another individual. … More Friends

Blog posts like busses….you wait ages and two come along at once.  Sorry!  Note to self:  be more consistent. Anyway, wanted to blog about what I reckon must have been one of the most authentic experiences of community I’ve had for a long while.  I’ve been doing a bit of reading of the writings of … More Male Spirituality…

As I guessed it would happen, it was back from Easter holiday and hit the road running.  Weeks of relentless meetings and stuff to be done…not all of it feels like it deserves a whole lot of energy, but takes it up nevertheless.   In the midst of it all,  I’m like a Fiddler on the … More Vocational Voshmayshabal

When I was a lad, between the ages of around 8 to around 14, I used to be dragged across the Scottish border into Northumberland to go on holiday.  Might seem nothing to you, nor even to me, but back in those days it was MILES AWAY!  We couldn’t afford the petrol to go further! … More Chased by the Lindisfarne Goose

I enjoyed an evening out with some of the men from Trinity down on the Tyne followed by a lovely meal. I was there just as an extra occasional ‘hanger on’ to that particular men’s LifeGroup who occasionally organise the odd trip and meal out. After looking at some old Victorian steam powered Accumulator tower … More Small Boat, Big Sea

So, on holiday I had plenty of time to read a couple of books which was fantastic.  I’m doing a lot of reading around monastic spirituality and I’m really benefiting a lot personally by shaping my days with a rhythm of work, prayer and mission.  Its not perfect, family life isn’t always easy to predict, … More Call of the Wild Goose

Having been discipled in the Salvationist tradition, extempore prayer was the pattern.  We were taught, encouraged to make up our own prayers.  That is great….more than that, there was a culture of ‘praying out loud’ so that made connecting with others in prayer a bit easier.  There is also a good ‘spiritual warfare/intercession’ gene in … More Prayers of a Turasaiche

I’m so grateful, after a busy lead up to Easter, to be having a couple of weeks holiday.  I feel so in need of it.  Yes, on the one hand, Trinity provides a challenge to anyone who’d seek to give leadership to it, but on the other hand its always more of a challenge to … More Holy-Days