Ok, so I’m about as garbage at not blogging as I am at blogging.  Massive failure on the not blogging front.  Well, that lasted for a whole few days.  Hmm.  I was having a bad day!  The simple problem is just the whole transition thing… I’m disorientated, bound to experience the odd bit of confusion … More Massive non-blogging failure

I remember a few months back, up in Aberdeen, chatting to Peter Farmer who leads a little movement called Mission Britain.  Peter has a heart to see missional ‘simple churches’ spring up in small movements across the United Kingdom.  Due to the stuff we were doing up there, he came to chat and walk round … More The New Open Air Meeting

So, how does it all feel a few months the other side of the biggest crisis of my life since my conversion?  Tempting to say come back to me in a year and I’ll let you know.  But seriously, its still devastating.  There is no getting away from that.  The tempation to perform a post-mortem … More Under the tree

Just some notes I took listening to the Nomad podcast where Mike Frost.————— Purpose of church – not as simple as mission or being mission centred. At the very centre or core of what the church is is the responsibility to worship, build community, disciple people and serve the world all as part of mission. … More Nomad Podcast notes – Mike Frost

Some of you will know the work of the author Dallas Willard.  My first confession is that I haven’t read any of his books this far.  I started reading Divine Conspiracy some time ago but never got anywhere.  He isn’t easy to read, even for seasoned readers.  I do, however, want to begin getting to … More Renovation of the Heart

For centuries the reaction to heresy has been dealt with using some pretty severe reactions.  The Christendom church were particularly ‘efficient’ in some pretty gruesome punishments for any theological deviants.  Pretty much everything that threatened the system was quite literally banished.  Its easy to make the arguement that it was simply to protect the purity … More Embracing Heresy

Hi guys, just a note to say that I’ve finished blogging here at Army Renewal for now. You may or may not know that our next step will be outside the ranks of the Army. I’ll be taking up a post at Trinity Church in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with responsibility for outreach, cell groups and other aspects … More Blog Pause!

So some church planting advice from Floyd McClung. The black type is his, the red type are my comments. Pray – Meet – Make – Gather – Multiply by Floyd McClung Pray. Pray fervently with God’s heart for the people you are reaching out to. Pray to meet people by “divine appointments.” Pray until you … More Five Planting Practices

Although some of you will be reading this on facebook, you may realise that most of these ‘notes’ are transported from my blog…this is one of those. Just to let you know that it is not my intention to stop blogging in the long term, however there will be a bit of a pause here … More Keep Tuned

After what has been a very strange few weeks of conversation with our Army leaders, the conclusion that has been decided upon is that we will no longer be Salvation Army officers. This fills us with a great sense of grief and profound disappointment. No words to adequately describe all that resides in our heart … More Farewell Post