This is a picture I took a couple of years back just after I left The Salvation Army. Coming face to face with the unfamiliar practice of sharing bread and wine in the context of worship, I wanted to ‘artistically’ unpack my own theology of these Christian symbols. This is the best place for them, … More Meal

Here is the thing:  if future church looks like it might be dependent on more fluid, scattered and missional expressions of the body, even although it has ‘gathered’ aspects, what does that do to leadership? It won’t surprise you that as a ‘professional Christian’ this is something which often occupies my mind.  It can often, … More Missional Leadership

I once talked my way out of working for a denomination because of my particular belief about the way mission/church needed to survive the challenges of the 21st Century.  I am a firm believer, passionate advocate, of church in its simplest forms.  Since then I’ve concluded that it needn’t be either or, but can be … More The Future of the Church

All in all, I remain somewhat of a lost soul.  By that I mean I still feel keenly the sense of being unattached to any particular ‘order’ of folks in my post Army days.  You may not think that is important, but having spent a significant amounts of my life in an Order of Salvationists … More Orderless

Life has a way of getting in the way of life. The day to day things that present themselves as pressing issues, urgent and crucial. Then, you take a step back from them and realise that they are usurpers. Now, I realise that people with INFP personalities are often bored rigid with technicalities and the … More One Life

So yes, I started out on what I felt was akin to ‘churchy detox’ back in 2010…maybe before that.   At the height of it I think I was almost an iconoclast 100%.  I came to feel that the thing I was in no real way resembled the movement that Jesus began.  I still think … More Essential

Every have those days when you’re sorely tempted to be so hard on yourself?  Hmm.  You see, the thing about living a covenant or a ‘rule’ or a ‘way of life’ like the ones I’ve always commitment myself to is that as well as giving direction, they also give you a good talking to.  That, … More Jesus the Grinner

Another area in which we need to discover what allegiance to Jesus means is in the thing we’ve called the church, especially if we’ve named it as a particular brand of church.  Now, I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about a people having a particular charism that lights them up, an aspect of … More Alternative

“My kingdom,” said Jesus, “doesn’t consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But I’m not that kind of king, not the world’s kind of king.”  – John 18:36 We’re coming up to a time when we remember the casualties of … More Remembrance, War and Conflict