Church and Kingdom

Lean in and listen –
creation’s cadence carved in quiet hymns,
soft as dust when night first learns its name

Instead of asking “What makes something alive?” we should ask: “Where does life begin and end?”…

One of my previous posts on this blog (We Want a King!) delved into what it says when we look for…

‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah,…

In Jesus’ day, Israel was looking forward to the coming of their messiah. They expected God to…

Over recent weeks we’ve been exploring the theme ‘God’s idea of Church’. We’ve seen how…

Dear Lord,How much did you knowBlowing bubbles in your cot?Did you know how to speakEnglish or…

God loves a sticky wicket. It seems He loves to stack the odds against Himself, and often, it…

How many churches are there in your local town or city? There are probably around 50 in mine, and we all think we know the right way to do church!

95% of what I’ll say here will apply to 80% of churches and 5% just applies to my former…

How we lead and how we follow reveals a lot about us. Let’s explore this. Like a blazingly bright…

I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission…

Man’s maker was made man,That He, Ruler of the stars,Might nurse at His mother’s breast;That the…

This is a guest post written by a friend of mine. It’s estimated Jesus walked up to 20 miles…

A few months ago I was asked to come up with some sort of prophetic drama thing for one of our…

Every now and then it’s important to take stock, to properly process lessons as they come…

For some teachers it’s all about transferring knowledge, while for others application is the name of the game…

As a church we’ve traditionally organised everything we do around ‘community’,…

I believe in the fivefold ministry. God calls and uses us in many ways, with many ministries…

Have you ever had a mundane conversation that left you unsettled, in a good way? I’ve just had one…

Ask yourself these questions: How aware am I that Jesus has died on my behalf, for my sins? How…

Back in April 2013 a few of us were sent on a visit to the Woodlands Church communities in…

Recently God’s been speaking a lot to me, inspiring me, giving me a burden and a deeper love…

The comedy troupe Monty Python once performed a sketch called The Four Yorkshiremen. Four old rich…

My mum reckons the first thing I ever said was “cloclut biskit”. I probably did learn a few other…

In my first post in this series I explored the question “what is God’s mission?”, and the second…

This is part 2 of a series of 3 posts exploring intentional Christian community. Read part 1 here:…

Following Jesus in building the church and navigating any kind of change requires us to have a…

So here’s the big issue. People who knew Jesus, uneducated outcasts mainly, turned the world…

There was a man. A couple of millennia ago this Man walked around Palestine talking about His…

What is it about houses? These floors know the first tentative steps of infancy. The stampede of…

What are you straining toward? So many of us are so keen to be happy and comfortable in this life that we forget about eternity.

We naturally live our lives forwards. That makes sense, doesn’t it? Our past is bound up inside us…