Kissing a Lifestyle of Convenience Goodbye I’ll be up front – I am writing this at the worst possible time for my family and me. Rachel and I are in the throes of moving from Thailand to Vietnam. Not only are there the logistical challenges of visas, accommodation, flights, ‘yard sales’ (to borrow a termContinue reading “Ready: Living Urgently in a Messed-Up World”
Category Archives: Worship, Music and Song
Ready: Introduction
What’s This All About? Most of you who read Firebrand Notes on even a semi-regular basis will know that about eighteen months ago we produced a film/music project called Jesus Come. Not only were Mairi and I really pleased with the way the project turned out, we passionately believe in the message that it carries:Continue reading “Ready: Introduction”
New series: Ready
To find someone in need who desperately needs your help, complete the following 5 simple steps: 1) Wherever you are about your day, look up from whatever you’re doing 2) consider what you see 3) pray for discernment 4) pray for courage and wisdom and power 5) open your mouth/move your feet We’re soon startingContinue reading “New series: Ready”
Hire Me
It’s been a complete joy for me to run this blog for the last decade. My own fire to see Jesus known and loved has, I hope, grown in intensity through the storms and calms of life. Now I thought it was time that I offered my services in photography/videography and writing production to helpContinue reading “Hire Me”
The Hardest Lesson I’ve Ever Had To Learn
Broken-down World The sting of injustice is never pleasant. Like an incurable disease plaguing the entire world, all of us can see injustice functioning on a global scale every single day. We witness Robert Mugabe, corrupt Bankers, terrorism, famine, Rogue Traders, lazy Landlords, disallowed goals that have crossed the line, recruitment processes that look legalContinue reading “The Hardest Lesson I’ve Ever Had To Learn”
The Political Right and the Kingdom of God
Where We’ve Been Living Here in the UK, we’ve been living of late in a barely-believable world of political and humanitarian drama. This has included the refugee crisis that’s come close to our shores via the Calais Jungle and multiplied thousands who have drowned at sea in attempts to make it to Europe via theContinue reading “The Political Right and the Kingdom of God”
The Cinderella Gift of Discernment
An Unlikely Bride The Disney fairytale Cinderella is a story about an unlikely bride mistreated at the hands of her guardians but who eventually rises from the doldrums of her slave labour to become the star of the ball and the stunning wife of Prince Charming. The tale is a love story of redemption, beauty,Continue reading “The Cinderella Gift of Discernment”
Into the Pray – Joy
Debut I was stood in a church worshipping last week when something happened that I have never seen before in more than 36 years of being in church.
Into the Pray – Marriage
If you’ve read the other 5 posts in this blog series, you’ll know that it’s a series that’s been born out of a deep distress with how a lot of church (fundamentally) functions today compared with how we see the Church (fundamentally) functioning in the Bible. It is also a blog series that’s been bornContinue reading “Into the Pray – Marriage”
Into the Pray – The Bible
Today is the 499th anniversary of the Reformation. This means that 500 years ago today it was the one year run-up to the defining moment in modern (church) history when Martin Luther would nail his 95 theses to the front door of Castle Church and All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. Luther’s theses opposed the abusiveContinue reading “Into the Pray – The Bible”
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