Jesus. Justice. And why grace never carries a clipboard. People watching. It’s therapeutic. Have you ever sat in a coffee shop, people watching, and noticed someone outside with all their belongings in a plastic bag-wondering what brought them there, and what keeps you from being in their shoes? Local councils want nice, tidy streets. The old saying is… Read More »
God can put you pack together. Today. I loved English lessons at school. Even at fifteen, when a poem of mine, Plastic Tomorrow, was passed around other classes by my teachers, what really hooked me was learning how to read properly. Pulling texts apart. Asking what was actually being said. To whom. Not who. By whom. Where. Why.… Read More »
Three things you forget when everything hurts. I think you will find this useful… I wanted to write something that would be practical. We’re going to walk through three things that help faith hold together when life starts pulling it apart – when the future’s unclear, the prayers fall flat, and nothing moves. You know the moments, you… Read More »
It’s later than you think. One question we rarely hear asked today, but as an Elim pastor, it was in the air every Sunday evening: “What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” I loved end-times preaching! It’s the question the disciples asked, gazing up at the massive, immovable stones of… Read More »
God’s strange way of building a church This is about me not you, but welcome to my world. I’m not very tolerant. Yes, I’m aware of it, and working on it. Let me explain. Every once in a while God seems to move someone across my path who is being a bit… weird. Not dangerous. Not heretical. Just… Read More »
This is not the story we expected. A few days ago I read John 3 in my ‘Bible in a Year’ plan – and having recently walked through Numbers again, I was struck by the connection Jesus makes. You might be too. You’ll probably guess where I am going when I ask how you feel about snakes. I… Read More »