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We like the metaphor of infusing, mainly because much of Seventy-two has emerged from conversation over good coffee! The challenge to be a thermostat, rather than a thermometer, is the challenge we share with leadership teams through the Re-imagine process as we are all influencers
Infusing Culture Articles and Resources
Compassion, Mission and the Heart of God
I prayed a prayer at the beginning of January over a cup of good coffee, journal in hand, as I looked ahead into 2022: Lord, how do we serve and reach out effectively for you when we’re nearly two years into a pandemic? I’m still praying and digesting that prayerful...
Shine Like Stars
“Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life” Philippians 2:15-16 As the seasons change at this time of year it is easy to feel the gloom descend. Packing away the summer clothes, turning on the central heating &...
Is God really a DJ? Encountering Jesus in the Night Life
“I believe God invented music” she said to me over the music, and shrugged almost apologetically. “I’m here to dance and enjoy it.” Her previous words floated like soap bubbles in the atmosphere around us, delicate and strange against the backdrop of rising techno. I...
Finding Jesus in the most ‘unlikely of places’
As we look at the life of Jesus on earth, we see that He consistently makes a point of spending time with people who others would not. His time with the woman at the well (John 4:1-26) is one of these times and is part of a great demonstration that there is no one in...
What song do you sing?
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we would like to see Jesus.’ John 12:20-33 Earlier this year we heard about a rare bird that had...
Riding the Next Wave
I’m not a surfer but I did grow up by the sea and I have always enjoyed riding a wave by body boarding. I understand that the best surfers are those who know which are the best waves to ride. They patiently watch the horizon to learn the language of the sea before...
There’s A Manger Over There
I was struck by an idea for advent, which a college friend had tried in her locality. It would include attaining a life size manger and placing it in locations around the local community to be seen by passers-by, to inspire a thought or a conversation. A picture of...
Have we forgotten the poor?
One of my former Deacons used to pray “break our hearts for what breaks yours". I remember while prayer walking Devonport, where I minister, with him and seeing the poverty and knowing that it breaks the heart of God. A few days ago Carl Beech Tweeted “There are two...
Following their recent announcement that Table Talk for Wellbeing is now available to preorder, The Ugly Duckling Company's Sharon Lanfear recently asked Renew Wellbeing's Ruth Rice a few questions about wellbeing. Ruth Rice is the founder of Renew Wellbeing, and one...
Love God, Love each other and Love Weston-Super-Mare
Since starting Re:Imagine, we have met regularly as a leadership team to discuss and pray about where God is leading us. The word “simplify” has been mentioned many times. We have been challenged to look at areas of church life which do not serve the purpose of...