Sneaking a peek over God’s shoulder to see what He is up to: thoughts on future church
Sneaking a peek over God’s shoulder to see what He is up to: thoughts on future church
It was a joy to see our church members serving the punters at the Flower Show. It’s not part of our church culture or tradition to be so ‘out there’ in terms of pointing to an invisible Other. Our congregations serve the local community in a myriad of valuable ways: …
The task of mission in our time is to say something true about the nature of God and what it is to be a disciple of Jesus. That’s what I think, anyway, at the moment. Gospel cocktails allow people to engage with these subjects on various different levels. For those…
I am zinging with the success of our church-run cocktail bar. It’s fair to say cocktails have never been part of church culture. But why not claim them as such? They are, after all, intended as an appetiser… a drink to make your taste buds spring to attention and get…
Does it matter how people hear the gospel? Someone asked me recently why I don’t simply come straight out with a presentation of the Christian faith to the people I meet, describing an occasion when he’d done just that. Out for a drink with an acquaintance, he’d asked for permission…
Thought I’d better just say a few words about compost! It surprises me how little the church needs to do in fact to soften the soil.Just being nice can be enough. No, really. Friendliness, openness, humility. Being involved in the life of the community, remembering people’s names, acting as if…