So that you can be satisfied I read the Beatitudes recently. It’s easy to become over-familiar with them but they are Jesus’ Kingdom manifesto, and they are going to be with us forever. There’s a proverbs-like assertion in there that doesn’t land gently. It doesn’t warm you up. It doesn’t leave you with any ambiguity. Wriggle room. It’s… Read More »
Until it doesn’t. You must have heard it, seen it on television – or at least, read it; “We live in a world… governed by strength, governed by force, governed by power.” Deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller speaking on behalf of the President of the United States of America. #Other comments are available. And looking at the… Read More »
Four words for you? Full. Radical. Sustained. Realignment. Those four words might sound like they belong on a Bethel conference poster. But they’re not marketing. They’re a mirror. Not a prophetic new-year agenda for 2026, but my own personal reckoning of what is always important for me as I watch my own heart. They name what’s needed –… Read More »
Joel saw the clouds. Acts heard the thunder. Have you ever wondered about Joel 2 and Acts 2; one speaks of dreams, visions and prophecy and the other is about tongues as the Holy Spirit is poured out on the gathered believers. Peter is straight off the sprint block like Hussain Bolt announcing “this is it!” This is… Read More »
The odd fear of being seen as God sees us Something made me wonder, as I began to write the bio a Christian publication had asked for. “Writer, communicator, and… something else?” “God’s favourite?” It’s strange how quickly a simple task can turn inward. There’s an odd feeling that creeps in when someone asks you to write a… Read More »
Your pause isn’t the end… God is about to do something unprecedented in the Church and in the heart of the nation… Those three dots. Pitch, pace, pause – pounce! Have you ever had a moment where everything hangs on one breath? Genesis 3:22 gives us the first biblical example of ellipsis (…) Then the Lord God said,… Read More »