the voice of those frustrated by the slow progress towards a fair society where the needs of the weak are met without weakening them further
Wondering how on earth you can survive financially and work in the community? This is something that I have pondered over for a few years now. I live in the UK and I am a member of a non-conformist chapel. I have been actively pursuing the idea of outreach ministry since 2009 and have learnt
I suppose you could say it is the opposite of brokenness or weakness. There is a school of thought that says that people find it easier to say what t hey don’t want than what you do want. Working on that premise what don’t you want the church to be like? Here are some of
Yesterday I had really lovely day. I went out shopping with my mum. that might not sound like much unless you know our history. I appreciate what so many others take for granted because for one reason or another I did not have that experience. now I have allowed God to restore me it is
When we read the bible we find people who do all sorts of strange things. People who speak out for God and end up in an empty underground water storage tank. People who make axe heads float or stop rain from falling for a couple of years. We look at them and say that was
We are told is to be salt and hence have a purifying effect on people and communities. We are told to be light i.e. to shine brightly so that we look different from the darkness around us. How do we do that? We chase after healing and restoration and practise on ourselves first. Once we
One major purpose of the church is for the healing of nations. After all the Great Commission includes the phrase discipling nations, in other words encouraging whole groups of people to live their entire lives the way God would like them to do. Where do you start with a huge task like that? I suppose
I have been giving a lot of consideration to the question of what I am supposed to be doing. One of the questions is what am I to build and another is where should it be located. We are all called to work in a certain location. It is the place where we are called
For some reason I have always rather liked the part of the sermon on the mount where it walks about the lilies of the field. I have always presumed that they are beautiful wild flowers. Well after all it talks about them being well-dressed. The thing about wild flowers is that they are often quieter
I woke up with a strange dream this morning. I was standing in front of someone I knew as was both a pastor and a trainer. We were both in a church not dissimilar to a church that we were both associated with. This man was speaking gently to me. I was told that I
Ever noticed that the bible is a profoundly practical book. One place in the bible were you can find all sorts of practical advice is the book of Proverbs, One of its suggestions is that we can learn a lot from animals. One of the animals it mentions is the ant. What does the bible