I know no-one asked my opinion but.. There’s a kind of slow, almost unperceivable drift that happens in the Church, not with flags waving or heresy shouted from the pulpit, but with a quiet settling of the soul. It’s similar to the subtle way that icons or colours are changed incrementally and imperceptibly on our digital devices. We… 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 »
What are you saying? Becoming a Christian in 1979, in an evangelistic fervour where signs and wonders, healings and miracles were prevalent, accompanied frequently by tongues, either in prayer or in public settings with interpretation, as I did, meant that you inherited a high value of the things of the Spirit. I think we are missing something, especially… Read More »
What happened to it?! How good is your memory? Some things are too precious to forget, like car keys, renewing our passport, where we left the baby — and yet we do. At Bible college I sat through a couple of lectures on the Union with Christ. They were moving, stirring and provoked a time of worship at… Read More »
Don’t read if you are squeamish. Every now and then, I feel a little grouchy. The filters come down, and I mention the elephant in the room — or at least, the one I think I can see. Call it what it is: lack of self-control. But even so, there’s something here that needs to be said. Something… Read More »
It’s time to change your ride? I’m sorry – it’s a long one, but it’s worth it – especially for you. In Gladiator, when Maximus removes his helmet and reveals who he truly is, there’s a pause. A hush. The sort of silence that hangs in the air when truth walks into the room. “Father to a murdered… Read More »
Informing you above and beyond “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.” — 1 Corinthians 12:1 Paul kicks us off here in a brilliant way, politely telling the Corinthians that he doesn’t want them uninformed! Do you consider yourself well informed or uninformed when it comes to the gifts of the Spirit?… Read More »
Don’t interfere … Mark’s Gospel is punchy – always carrying drama and more binge-worthy than any Netflix series. As you read it, there are signs and wonders, amazement, and more ‘suddenly’s’ than a schoolchild could ever expect to get away with in their story writing. But here, for our purposes, where we pick our encounter up, the mood… Read More »
and raise your heads … “Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” — Luke 21:28 Last night, I dreamed something unusual — no flying this time, or running with pails of fire, being tugged back by invisible hands. This time I stepped through the canvas… Read More »
You were summoned personally. Called. Handpicked by grace.. Five Superb Things You Should Know Now You’re a Follower of Jesus This sounds like the beginning of a Bond film — I want to address my friend ‘M’ (they know who they are), but it’s also for you if you are a follower of Jesus… So, you’ve said yes… Read More »
And that’s a wrap! After just over 20 years of writing in one form or another, it feels like the right time to bring MyNotes to a close. What started as a space to jot down thoughts—mostly around the Church, prophets, and the ways God continues to speak—grew into something quietly meaningful. I’m genuinely thankful to each of… 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 »
For everyone – what about ‘them’? You’ve heard about ‘the baptism’ at the Jordan River… There’s water—a river full and flowing—and then there’s the voice of heaven breaking through it. When Jesus came up out of the Jordan, dripping wet, filled with the Spirit, marked by the approval of the Father, something shifted. Not just the landscape. The… Read More »
an alternative “Word & Spirit” approach… John 16:13 – “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth…” There comes a moment in every generation when the people of God must stop surveying and admiring the landscape and start walking the path. Spectating or participating… Jonathan Edwards once said, “The task of every… Read More »
Or are you a follower of Christ? This is a question we’ve all heard or answered for ourselves… At some point in the distant past, somewhere along the way, “ask Jesus into your heart” became the Christian buzz phrase. It’s short. It’s simple. It fits neatly into a tweet, but the gospel was never set out to be… Read More »
Or are you a follower of Christ? This is a question we’ve all heard or answered for ourselves… At some point in the distant past, somewhere along the way, “ask Jesus into your heart” became the Christian buzz phrase. It’s short. It’s simple. It fits neatly into a tweet, but the gospel was never set out to be… Read More »
Stillness isn’t passive — it’s defiant trust in a restless world. Drop the noise. Open the Word. Light the fire again. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” — Psalm 46:10 (ESV) I heard this verse again on Sunday — not for the… Read More »
we are fragile and we break easily — too easily. You’ve already probably encountered this – there are moments in life when the night feels long. The noise quietens down, the world turns its back, and we’re left with nothing but the sound of our own thoughts, and even WhatsApp has no new notifications. In that hollow silence,… Read More »
Just a reminder … “You will receive power…” (Acts 1:8) — that’s how Jesus framed it. Not a suggestion, not an optional high-speed 64GB RAM upgrade for the hyper-spiritual, but a promise — and a necessity. Power. Not of human origin, not mustered up through effort or intellect, but breathed into us by the Spirit of the living… Read More »