What is my role?
I had a really good morning at church yesterday. I’ve been putting together a 24 hour prayer room for the church in June and there were nine hour slots left for people to sign up for. I spoke during the service about the need to humble ourselves and spoke about how the civil rights movement, [...]
The Life of An Insecure Youth Worker
There are moments when I’m reminded of my insecurities and weaknesses. A few weeks ago I had one of those moments. During the Easter holidays, a number of the young people from the church went to an SU retreat in Austria for a week. All of them came back ‘high’ from the experience. I remember [...]
Bruno Mars and the Cross of Christ
Greg Boyd‘s tweet, “It was God’s love, not his wrath, that needed to be “satisfied” with the death of Jesus. “For God so loved… that he gave…” got me thinking. Recently, I’ve been ranting to my wife about Bruno Mars‘ song ‘Grenade‘. the chorus goes like this: I’d catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, [...]
A Rubber Easter
A few things have been on my mind this week. 1) “Rubber”. A film about a group of viewers ‘watching’ a film about a killer tyre in ‘real life’ right in front of their eyes. They watch the film unfold in front of their eyes, comment on it but never enter into the story itself. [...]
The product or the process?
During Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter) our church runs a series of evening services. I am leading the Good Friday evening service. One of my ideas is to put together a modern interpretation of the passion using a news report template. The news presenters will ‘break’ the story to the public and [...]
