Jan 6, 2020 | Inspiring Discipleship
COP25. Ring a bell? No? Well, I mentioned it in my last blog before Christmas. I know, I know. That’s an age away. Your attention might have been elsewhere – there was an election on after all. And things around churches get frantic in the run up to...
Dec 3, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
You might have noticed, there’s a general election on. And I’ve been wondering; how long do promises made in the run-up to an elections last? A long as the Parliament? Perhaps a year? A few months? Up to when the doors of the polling stations close? A bit...
Nov 4, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
I don’t know if you do this in your church, but when I was baptised, they gave me a Bible verse to encourage me. I have often wondered why the minister who baptised me was led to this verse. Maybe because he recognised in me a questioning and inquisitive mind – the...
Oct 7, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
I had been invited to speak at a men’s supper in a village close to where I was living in Milton Keynes. Linked to the local parish church, it included people from church and the wider community, some of whom worked in farming around the village. A small gathering...
Sep 9, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
If you’re standing, perhaps you had better sit down. Take a deep breath! This may come as a bit of a shock. I am an addict. Not an easy thing for a Christian leader to say. We are meant to be “hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled,...
