Discernming the people, the communities and the church we are called to be at this time and place
Discernming the people, the communities and the church we are called to be at this time and place
The concept of evangelism seems to flow from the anxiety of the institutional church to increase its numbers by infecting more people with faith. I don’t mean to suggest that people who love and serve God through a recognised role…
If ‘isms’ are dangerous, verbs ending in ‘ise’ or ‘ize’ are ominous. Where did all the ‘ise’ words come from? There are hundreds of them: patronise, cauterize, immunise, terrorise, categorise, idolise, immobilise, infantilise, evangelise…. Where the verb has a human…
It sounds as if it should be the first line of a nonsense poem: ‘The danger of isms and and zations and ises – all human deceptions in different disguises!’ My new role gives me responsibility for encouraging others to…
I went to work today asking God to help me treat each person as though they were unique, precious, and beautiful. It did make a difference. Somehow it created space between me and the ever-growing ‘to do’ list. This might…
A friend was driving to work listening to Radio 2 and Adele began singing ‘Hello’. My friend, who had heard the song a number of times before, found herself overcome with emotion as she heard God’s voice reach out to…