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I was sharing with our students the other day on the topic of healing. I love sharing about this topic because it is something I care about personally. I have some experience with praying for healing and I have some stories of God at work in healing. It is both exciting and incredibly challenging. Exciting … Continue reading Embracing Mystery
I was sharing with our amazing worship team (yes I am biased) recently and so thought I would share some of those thoughts here. We live in such a time of change. Innovation and advance are happening faster than ever. Communication is instant globally and every day new opportunities are available. So often it feels … Continue reading Navigating Change In Worship
I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop. Nothing unusual there except that I am a long way from home. Almost 5000 miles according to the inter-webs. I have returned to a home away from home, Redding in California. I have been attending a leaders conference at Bethel church. God is doing amazing things here. Many … Continue reading Wise Men Still Travel
Sometimes I think we like being hard on ourselves. It may be a British thing or it may be a human thing but the idea creeps in that to be worthwhile something must be hard and less than enjoyable. Perish the thought that something that is good for us it can't also be fun! If … Continue reading Repenting of Repentance
I was reading through some old journal entries the other day. I'm not a particularly prolific journaller so this particular journal goes all the way back to 2011!! In it I came across this verse in my usual scrawled writing. Psalm 71:14 As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more … Continue reading Dealing Out Hope
Being a preacher or teacher is a dangerous business! For whatever reason standing in front of people with a microphone comes with a lot of baggage. Our culture perpetuates the idea that those who are called to lead, teach, inspire and educate us are somehow better than the rest. Unfortunately that is just as common … Continue reading Prompts, Purposes and Plans
We have been working our way through Suits on Netflix for a while now. We enjoy the fun light hearted dialogue mixed with the fast paced drama and many plot twists. As you might imagine for a drama set in a law firm the topic of guilt comes up a lot, which got me thinking... … Continue reading Not Guilty
In an earlier post at the start of the year I wrote that this year I would go after feedback. I want to grow through giving and receiving feedback. Well we are now over 8 months into the year and I have mostly stuck to my plan! I have been learning as I go, through … Continue reading Giving Feedback
There can be a temptation to think of the gifts of the Spirit as one off specials or simply as tools in our tool-belt. This way of thinking can lead us down a path where we think we have done that, got the t-shirt, so to speak. We can become familiar with the gifts in … Continue reading Prophetic culture
Building a school of ministry over the last four years has been a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. Way back at the beginning as we sat down to plan the practicalities and design the school we first began with this question: What do we want the culture of our school to … Continue reading A Culture of Honour?
