Parkrun Church
There’s something I do every week at the same time that I love, to the extent that my enthusiasm for it spills over to others. I love to share with…
Ball, Goal, Ball, Goal?
I know two people who coach sport, grass-roots football and elite hockey in their cases, but the idea of coaching others has gained currency in many other walks of life,…
A Gospel a Month
I am taking up the challenge to read a gospel a month and wondered if there were others out there who would like to join me. My aim is to…
Heat and Dust, Lost and Found
When the weather changes to beyond warm it can be hard to concentrate on little else and keeping cool becomes the object of the day. The recent hot spell we…
Overalls of Love
(based on 1 Cor 13 and Col 3:12-14) Where there is no love: Speaking well in one or a dozen languages is just noise. Having prophetic wisdom and knowledge is…
What moves your heart?
For many of us reality TV and talent shows fill out our viewing diet. I’m not averse to some pop-diva-wannabes vying for record-deal supremacy, but when it comes to kicking…
What is your Ikigai?
Last week I discovered a whole host of Japanese words that have no literal English translation but instead describe a certain event or specific feeling. A few of my favourites…
Invited to know the creator
I was listening to the radio recently on the day when the death of the pioneering radio presenter Cliff Michelmore was announced. They played a recording of a broadcast he…
Waiting for Godot?
On Sunday evenings this month in church the theme is Patience, a ‘fruit of the Spirit’. Chaucer described patience as a conquering virtue whilst Aristotle talked of it being bitter…
St Peter’s Baptist Church
What’s In It for You? You can find me most days of the week at St Peter’s Baptist Church Centre on the St Peter’s estate because that is where I…
God-incidences
God has been speaking very clearly to me recently. Things have happened which some people call co-incidence. However I have experienced too many to call them anything other than God-incidences.…
Forgiven, Loved, Free
You are more than forgiven! I have not just covered your sin, I have filled you with my Spirit and given you abundant life. I have lavished my love upon you…