Living day to day can feel like the meeting of two intertwined forces. The doing part of our nature intertwining with our every day sense of there is something bigger than me out there. These are not separate parts that can be cleanly divided, but two movements existing within us.…
Guest post by Kieron Edwards Part 1
Why do people go on holiday ? At first it looks simple: to feel something different, to escape, to reconnect, to find meaning, to prove something, to quiet restlessness. Movement as relief. Movement as possibility. But as you peel it back, something more unsettling appears. No place can hold aliveness…
Pay attention to the time!
Does God speak today? Are the seemingly random coincidences and events just that or is something more going on in our lives? Does His Spirit intersect and cross into our lives pointing things out, bringing things to remembrance that he’s said from of old? I woke up and saw the…
Write what you see
Introduction The beginning of my exploration into writing came a few years ago, whilst I was overseas in Ghana, West Africa. Writing about what was happening in my situation, on a monthly basis, was considered to be a courtesy. The writing was to inform friends and family supporters of what…
Doxecology – Study Guide – engageworship
For those of you who are concerned about Creation and want a resource to express your praise of God in worship about creation, also to lament what has happened to it and have a way to respond in hope. This study and audio visual will enable you to do that.…
Awake to newness of life!
Something we see, at first may not initially catch our attention. Yet there’s something about it that tugs at us and makes us take a closer look. Like Moses and the burning bush in Exodus 3. He sees the bush like he would have at any other time but because…
Shaking picture
The 25th March was the day after Boris Johnson declared a nationwide lockdown regarding the Coronavirus. The same day my wife went to work as a nurse in the hospital as she normally does. That was when the possible consequences of the pandemic really hit me. I awoke with anxiety…
Ring ouzel
Back in January I wrote about the birds I’ve recorded in my garden since moving in (see Garden bird records). I would like to make a further addition to that hot off the press: Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus. Many of you may not know what this bird is. The nature…
A biblical scholar
I would like to draw your attention to someone I have discovered in the last few months. His name is Dr. Michael Heiser . He is a biblical scholar and has written a number of books, papers and blogs. He has a number of websites and podcasts including one on fringe…