At the end of the day, when all else is ‘stripped away’ I’m forced to ask myself important questions of identity, mission and purpose. The truth is that God’s call on my life hasn’t altered. My heart still aches to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell…..I’m not one content to stay within … More The last, the lost, the least!
(Sermon preached at Trinity Church, Gosforth – 23 Jan 11) “Shame! That’s forbidden! Disgraceful! Law-breaker! Jesus, you are just showing that you’re no better than gentile scum. Who do you think you are? Call yourself a Jew? Call yourself a Rabbi, do you?” And so the accusations came hurtling towards Jesus as his disciples broke … More Lord of the Sabbath – Mark 2:23 – 3:6
One of the thing that happens when you become a part of the living body of Christ is that you inherit brothers and sisters in the Lord. Some of them are even akin to fathers and mothers due to their maturity in the Lord and the way they nuture us, but they remain, in essence, … More Brothers, Sisters and Distant Cousins.
As is my blogging custom at this time of the year, here is a list of books I’ve read during 2010! Here goes….in no particular order….(ahem…some of these should come with a health warning!) (And in case you are interested, a link to 2009′s books: here) – Brafman, O. “The Starfish and the Spider: The … More Books 2010
As is my blogging custom at this time of the year, here is a list of books I’ve read during 2010! Here goes….in no particular order….(ahem…some of these should come with a health warning!) (And in case you are interested, a link to 2009’s books: here) – Brafman, O. “The Starfish and the Spider: … More Books 2010
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads ‘This blog is on fire!’ Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog … More 2010 blog review
General Clifton has, at various points in his Generalship called the Army world to prayer, particularly for causes of justice and peace. You may or may not know that he, in conjunction with Lt Colonel Janet Munn in her role as Spiritual Life thingymajig (sorry, don’t know her proper title….slightly out the loop!) issued the … More Call to non-stop 24/7 prayer
I remember Dr Rory McKenzie saying in a Practical Theology class, back in 1998 at bible college, that ‘the unreflective life is not worth living’ and I have remembered that like a bolt of lightening these last ten or so years since I heard the words coming from his mouth. This, in many ways, is … More Taking Shape
Frank Viola in his book ‘Reimagining Church’ highlights that there were four different types of meetings evidenced in the pages of the NT. They were: Apostolic Meetings Evangelistic Meetings Decision-making Meetings Church Meetings Apostolic meetings were those where the apostles would ‘preach’ to an interactive audience. ‘Preaching’ was rarely monologius, mainly interactive. The aim of … More Types of Early Church meetings
I found this good article (below) which presents the model of ‘open participatory meetings’ very well in a condensed version. Enjoy reading. I will do a midrash on it, adding my comments on it over the next week or so. Additionally, you might want to look at the follow up to ‘Pagan Christianty’ by Frank … More Participatory Church Meeting
Andrew S M Clark 