Author Archives: firebrandnotes

Home

Introducing a new song called “Home”. It’ll be heading into the studio soon but also worthy of pure, raw form 😇 (pls excuse the piano’s tuning) Nothing replaces the raw moments of writing and the yearnings of our private worship is often very different to our public declarations. Let’s get real! 🔥 HOME 🏡 🐑Continue reading “Home”

#SYNOD

With the inner sanctums of the Church of England meeting this week, for God-only-knows-what, invitations are now welcome for appropriate ICHABOD-related acronyms of SYNOD. I’ve decided to keep it squeaky-clean and go with: Stop Your Nonsense Of Doctrine I’m pleased to announce that in a few months time I will be able to publish aContinue reading “#SYNOD”

15 Lessons From My Social Media Sabbatical

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram are not worthy of more than a little of my time. Always bless those who persecute & don’t curse (lash back at) them in response. (Romans 12:14). Sharing compulsively via social media is a huge enemy of prayer. Speaking/writing remains absolutely essential. (Jeremiah 20:9). Expect misunderstanding and judgment especially from nominal, lukewarm, denominationally-blinkered Christians.Continue reading “15 Lessons From My Social Media Sabbatical”

Earthly Use

They talk about being “so heavenly minded to be of no earthly use”. I’d like to smash this myth… …the inference of this statement is that thinking outside the supernatural order and realm of things has a limited shelf life (a little is OK but a lot isn’t) but this isn’t quite the point: EvenContinue reading “Earthly Use”

Yearn

Give me a man in love; he knows what I mean.  Give me one who yearns; give me one who is hungry; give me one far away in this desert, who is thirsty and sighs for the spring of the Eternal country.  Give me that sort of man; he knows what I mean.  But ifContinue reading “Yearn”

Joy Misunderstood

The Bothy Sessions are, in part, an autobiographical commentary regarding part of my pursuit of Jesus for the last thirty years. It has been (and is) a pursuit that is both deleriously joyful and deeply depressing.