Z is just the beginning, because with Jesus, the last will be first. Through what God has called me to do with my life, I’ve traced the story of Gen Z for more than the past 10 years. This hasn’t been planned on my part. When I began my time as youth pastor at StContinue reading “Z is just the beginning!”
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This is a Homecoming Year!
As the hours counted down to the New Year, I had an interesting experience – a conversation with a friend that opened a window into the heart of God. It was 31 December 2023, and a friend who’s a church leader told me about a young man who’d recently started attending church, simply because heContinue reading “This is a Homecoming Year!”
Wonder
“His name shall be called, Wonder” Those of us familiar with the Christmas narrative in the Bible know well Isaiah’s prophecies of the coming Messiah, 500 odd years before He graced a manger or a stable. In one of the most beautiful pieces (Isaiah 9: 6), Isaiah declares, “His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor,Continue reading “Wonder”
22
On this palindromic date* (22/02/2022) I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the two year mark since the beginning of this blog, and the beginning of these adventures with God. Very soon we will also reach two years since the beginning of our UK lockdowns. I remember seeing the news on the TVContinue reading “22”
The prayer you stopped praying
We all want to belong. As we read in Luke 1: 5-17, Zechariah and Elizabeth had spent their whole lives feeling like they didn’t fit in with the other families. Unable to have children, they faced their disappointment with a passion and focus on God. Zechariah’s name means ‘God remembers’ and here we discover howContinue reading “The prayer you stopped praying”
Jesus, the joyful announcement
In times of crisis like this, the world is waiting. Every eye is watching. Each day this year we’ve hoped for the newsreader to announce: “a vaccine has been developed!” Now we hope it will be quickly effective. We all want to know when the story will get better; when we can all (literally) breatheContinue reading “Jesus, the joyful announcement”
Kindness (part 2)
Kindness is a surprise, and kindness also has a direction. Kindness leads somewhere. The Bible puts it this way: “God’s kindness is intended to lead us to repentance” (Which means changing our minds about God.) [Romans 2:4 NIVUK] Here’s the way another translation puts it: “God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness heContinue reading “Kindness (part 2)”
What this is all about
Thanks for coming and checking out my blog! In the next post I’ll be saying a bit more about what I’m going to be doing next, and how I came to be where I am now. But for now, I want to introduce what this blog is about. A number of people have asked howContinue reading “What this is all about”
Adventures with God 