The Kingdom of God is like a redwood sapling on the edge of the exposed forest, the tender shoot daring to emerge out of the soil to make its presence felt in the order of things. Through its tender years, the autumn wind and rains, the winter cold an snow, the baking sun and parched … More The Parable of the Redwood
I had a fascinating day recently on a training course I’m doing where we were encouraged to think through our images of God. The main thrust of this was that if we are going to encourage and walk with others in their faith, we need to have a good understanding of where we are coming … More Father
I can hear the questions in people’s heads, simply because they’ve been in mine first. Anyone who knows me, and something of my journey will no doubt be wondering if I’ve lost the plot altogether in the light of my recent step of engaging with the Order of Saint Leonard. This week, I’ve had … More Servant
There is nothing like coming into a growing awareness of the Spirit’s work in your life. From the first days of real spiritual awakening, to consequent in-fillings, nudges, blessings and movements, his work is the living reality of God in our lives. It is by His presence that we can testify that we are children … More Holy Spirit
Sometimes we have to be all things to all people so that we might save some, to quote Paul. But, at the end of the day, it’s about Jesus. The Christian thing…it’s about Jesus. He’s the start and the finish, the beginning and the end. I enjoyed reading the Nicene Creed at my consecration service … More Jesus
It has been an ‘action-packed’ week. Last weekend I was preaching in the lovely city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, ministering to a godly group of Nazarenes on the Newtonards Road. It was great to be in another part of the country in the company of people who love God’s word, who love to worship … More Be thou my vision
I had a rare opportunity to take myself along to share in worship with another church in the city, an opportunity that I took having felt I wanted to visit the Tyneside Vineyard Church again. The pastors there, David and Nic Bass, do a great job in good Vineyard fashion and have built a great … More Standing
As I mentioned in my last blog, there were several very timely parts of scripture referred to last weekend at the Ignite Conference, all of which have had significant meaning for me over the years. One in particular was Joshua 3:5 which reads: Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things … More Consecration
So, one of my favourite pictures of leadership is that of Moses standing on the hill above the battlefield, interceding, whilst his people tried to defend themselves against an advancing Amalakite enemy. Moses arms grew tired. When his arms lowered, the battle would suffer, when he raised them, the battle turned around. When he could … More Ignite
It has been great to learn in recent days that I’ve been accepted onto an MA in Mission at Cliff College in Derbyshire where I’ll be majoring on studies in Celtic Mission and Spirituality. It is a subject that really inspires not only my faith, but my sort of ‘stance’ towards the world. As I’ve … More The future is bright, the future is Celtic…
Andrew S M Clark 