Power in weakness: a reflection
I love the Biblical paradoxes. The ‘power in weakness’ passage from 2 Corinthians 12 is has been on my mind this week, and this prayer is an attempt to try to get my head round the wisdom in it. We…
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
I love the Biblical paradoxes. The ‘power in weakness’ passage from 2 Corinthians 12 is has been on my mind this week, and this prayer is an attempt to try to get my head round the wisdom in it. We…
So George Osborne proved me wrong: hallelujah! Truthful with the economics, and forecasting lean times beyond the end of this parliament. Although the news isn’t good, I feel strangely lightened by the freshness of his candour, and a sober prediction…
When I was teaching I was struck by a claim that schools are always teaching young people about the world the teachers inhabited, preparing them for a world that won’t exist when the young people enter it as adults. Unless…
We don’t often think about the future of the church. We talk about children in church as ‘the next generation’ when they’re a vital, hopefully integral part of today’s church, and we don’t seem able to think much further. Why…
Obviously I can’t really sneak a peak over God’s shoulder – it’s an audacious thought and quite impossible given the immense scope and scale of the work. But when Sainsburys sponsored a ‘Take your Daughter to Work’ day in the…