Category: Church
The Cathedrals
Recently my local shopping centre, Eastland, has been making improvements. When we first moved...
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Those Who Leave
Lately, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about those who leave the church. Having been in ministry...
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How to Break a Church Plant
It’s been over nine months since we pulled the plug on Recom. Since then, everything has changed....
Read MoreHow Not to Do Evangelism
We made a video for church. Enjoy.
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Give Your Best
So I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the church. Funny that. Now that I’m working for a church...
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The End of Recom
On Saturday we had our last ever meeting for Reconciled Community, the church plant I’ve been...
Read MoreLeaving… Again
I left my church last night. It was almost four years since I’d arrived (3 years and 52 weeks to be precise). I’m not leaving because I’m angry. Or bored. Or disenfranchised. Or even because I just feel like...
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Hearing Stories
From Thursday to Sunday I was away on a (very small) mission trip with my youth group (which I may blog about later, but knowing my blogging habits, it won’t happen). Yesterday I was asked to preach at the local baptist...
Read MoreWorth the Quibble
I heard a preacher tonight at a youth event. He preached almost all story and no Bible. Almost all entertainment and no meat. Yet he’s done more in his ministry to the poor through the church that he leads than many of the...
Read MoreJesus > Church
On camp last week I gave kids the opportunity to become Christians if they wanted to. They could also recommit their life if they wanted to. Usually when I do this a few kids put up their hands after the prayer to say...
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