Feb 1, 2022 | Inspiring Discipleship
What might the Methodist Covenant Prayer mean to you this new year? Numerous church communities have recently chosen to pray this prayer together. In doing so we celebrate our relationship with God and affirm that we give over our day to day lives and choices to him....
Jan 10, 2022 | Inspiring Discipleship
It is not difficult to see the need for the church to be revived across the UK. The numerical strength of the church has continued to decline to a point where there are currently great swathes of the countryside without any meaningful Christian presence. This is not...
Dec 20, 2021 | Inspiring Discipleship
If you like cricket, you’ll probably have been following the England men’s team attempting to regain the Ashes from Australia ‘down under’. Even if you don’t, you’ll probably know it hasn’t been going too well. Yet there have been moments of encouragement. The third...
Dec 16, 2021 | Inspiring Discipleship
The realisation of what darkness really is has become much more real for me the last five years. It was five years ago Maggie and I moved into the countryside after 35 years living in two of our greatest cities: London and Bristol. These days, if I take something to...
Nov 23, 2021 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘Do not take a purse or bag or sandals’ Luke 10:4 My followership is what really matters. Certainly way more than my leadership. That’s where I’ve landed following a couple of months sabbatical recently. I’ve preached a few times since re-starting and whilst I’ve...
Nov 22, 2021 | Inspiring Discipleship
The annual jamboree that is COP – the UN Climate Conference – is over. World leaders and representatives of the nations have returned home. Those from global corporations and business have gone back to their day jobs making the world go round. ...