Nice. This is 2025. Some Gen Z friends came over for dinner the other night and one of them asked me with amusement, “do you have any colour photos of you as a child?” That was when it struck me that not only am I from the last century, but I’m from the black-and-white, sepia generation. Our memories… Read More »
An encouragement for Sunday morning… If you have been with me a while you will know I love the story of Jonah. Sometimes I wonder if there is a bit of Jonah in all of us, at least one or two of his characteristics, usually at an inconvenient or inappropriate moment. Perhaps you can relate to Jonah today,… Read More »
A call to pray for peace “Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up,and as a lion it lifts itself;it does not lie down until it has devoured the preyand drunk the blood of the slain.” — Numbers 23:24 ESV There’s often a bit of chatter about whether Balaam was a false prophet or true but the… Read More »
You can’t cook and eat it. The law said so. There are moments in the life of a prophetic person that feel more like survival than calling. Seasons where the fire of Mount Carmel feels like a distant echo and all that’s left is the dry, weary land of disappointment. The image here captures one such moment… in… Read More »
One digit that can change and transform your life Word on the street is that God is doing a new thing; apparently, there is what has been termed “a silent revival” underway, with people (mostly young men, it seems) coming spontaneously to church and becoming Christians. I think it’s true; I’ve heard it first-hand from a church plant… Read More »
A look at what on Earth is happening. I’m one of a growing number that have decided to make Catalyst’s Emmanuel Church in Sheffield, home. It’s growing, thriving and full of life, so you might understand my contempt for the media that says the church is in decline and irrelevant. It’s as if Jesus had made a Trumpian… Read More »