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Oikos: With Us

I’ve recorded three studio songs in the last few years and had others recorded and used at Life Church in Bradford, but none of them have adequately scratched the itch that keeps me writing and searching. Song-writing for me is partly about scratching the itch I have to articulate what’s going on in my heartContinue reading “Oikos: With Us”

Mercy Mercy

Occasionally I’ll hear a lyric in a song of worship that will make me wince. Brooke Fraser’s bridge section from Hosanna is a good example of this where she pens, “Heal my heart and make it clean…break my heart for what breaks Yours”. We sing, we follow suit, we play…but, really? Break my heart –Continue reading “Mercy Mercy”

Yearnings of O

Etched on the grand arch above where we worship together as a church family here at HTR are the following words from Psalm 96:- “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” Since arriving at Holy Trinity two months ago with my beautiful wife, Mairi, we have talked about these words together several times.Continue reading “Yearnings of O”

Presenting The Presence Project

The Presence Project is the brand new worship project from Firebrand Notes that has been conceived and born from a desire to get real, talk about our experience of the Presence of God and consider how we are really seeking Him in the hope of being deeply aware of Him in our lives. He promisesContinue reading “Presenting The Presence Project”

Dark Are We Yet Lovely #2

The post yesterday tried to shine a spot-light on the nature of God as an affectionate Lover of His people and the difference between this reality and the notion that God loves us only because He loves us unconditionally, as though we weren’t lovable to Him. Of course, our standing before Him is both transactionalContinue reading “Dark Are We Yet Lovely #2”