This blog article is to stimulate gratitude for the simple things in life…the blessings that are by their thousands, every day, but that often go uncelebrated. I’m sat in a restaurant in Torbay in Devon looking out to sea. There’s an Easterly wind today which is good news for surfers because the waves are churning,Continue reading “Thank You”
Category Archives: Theology
Ancient Skies
The Greek word for ‘creation’ is ‘poema’, the root word for poem. If you look at the sky on a crisp, clear night and begin counting the countless twinkling stars; or if you feel the fading warmth of a day’s heat on your face as you watch the sun dip under the dusty horizon ofContinue reading “Ancient Skies”
“Do You Trust Me?”
When David Brent repeatedly asked the Swindon lot, ‘do you trust me?’, we laugh because of course they didn’t! Brent is the last person in the world that you would find yourself trusting. The Swindon crew’s resounding silence tells the story: ‘No, we do not trust you” – even when Brent makes them say thatContinue reading ““Do You Trust Me?””
Divine Mitosis
When the Bible shows us Jesus praying, it’s a big deal. When the Bible gives us a whole chapter of Jesus praying, this is an even bigger deal. I think we all struggle with prayer to some extent and at different points in our lives. Feelings can rise up in us like: “But I’d reallyContinue reading “Divine Mitosis”
All Is Grace
I have recently revisited this blog because I shared on the theme of ‘Grace’ this last Sunday. It’s a timeless bedrock of all we are as believers so hope it helps and encourages you to ‘drink deeply’ from the Fountain of grace.
The Furious Longing of God
Once as kids, my brother and I were in deep trouble with Dad for throwing apples from the garden and breaking some panes of glass in a neighbour’s conservatory. We were naughty boys and Dad was furious. And there are probably occasions you can think of when someone has been furious with you too, maybeContinue reading “The Furious Longing of God”
John 21 – Fish, Beach-Fires and Worship
They were totally knackered and hungry, heart-broken and angry, confused and missing Jesus: The disciples had returned to their grass roots at sea to find the encouragement of a good night’s work…but they caught nothing. Not even one fish. Like all groups of blokes, there would have been a range of emotions (or at leastContinue reading “John 21 – Fish, Beach-Fires and Worship”
Riveted
Thunder, Fire, Smoke and Trumpets There is a staggering moment in Exodus 19 and 20 when God speaks to all of Israel and issues the frame-work of living for all of civilisation. It’s a moment in Scripture that would be amazing on screen as God reveals Himself to a company of weak people through theContinue reading “Riveted”
Mobile or ‘Mobill’?
Whoever said that men can’t multi-task was very wrong! I recently walked into a public toilet to witness perhaps the best example of multi-tasking I have ever seen: a bloke urinating at a urinal whilst holding his mobile phone with his other hand busy replying to a text, or a tweet, or whatever else thatContinue reading “Mobile or ‘Mobill’?”
We’re All Changing: ‘I want’ to ‘they need’
There are two kingdoms: the claustrophobic kingdom of self and the expansively glorious Kingdom of God. One is a kingdom riddled with small-minded selfishness and the other is one saturated with the transforming love and grace of Jesus. The mind-sets of ‘self’ and ‘others’ collide. As believers we are fundamentally subjects of only one Kingdom butContinue reading “We’re All Changing: ‘I want’ to ‘they need’”
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