Dec 3, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘The season of Advent is given to us so that we can realign our compass to direct us on the right path’. When I read that in the introduction of John Sentamu’s ‘Wake up to Advent’, I knew I’d made a good choice to read this Advent. Advent is about preparation –...
Nov 14, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
“If you cut me in half you’ll find ‘Baptist’ written through me.” What a silly statement! I think if you cut me in half you’ll find a mess! However, if I was a stick of rock, I hope that you would find ‘mission’ written inside me. It’s important to know what your...
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,...
Jul 16, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
What would you say to your younger self about some of the challenges and delights of ministry? In his latest book ‘Letters to a Young Pastor’ Ian Stackhouse returns to the art of letter writing, to capture and share something of what God has shown him over...
