Counting stars

There are no reward points on my “Godcard”, there is no Fast Track to Jesus, there is no tally of deeds done, it’s just basically that God loves me, as he’s always done.

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Showstoppers

So I’ve started my ordination training! I’m really excited about it all and trying to get my head into new ways of doing things. I am going to be learning about the history of the Bible, over 3000 years ago in some places.Today was my first day at my new placement and we heard about […]

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Family holidays

This summer has been a bit of a roller coaster time, I am leaving work to start my theology training for ordination in September, so have been on count down at work, and then enjoying some time with the family, before gearing up for the next challenge. Summer holidays are always a mix of things […]

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What time is it?

Here’s the substance of the closing talk I gave at New Wine’s ‘Inspire’ conference a few days ago. Inspire was a great event in the North, for the North and it was a privile… Source: What time is it?

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Unfinished Sympathy

This time of year I find it hard to stay positive sometimes. It’s like the summer is all around me and there are so many exciting things going on, that even if I were to experience all of them, I’d somehow be missing out on a unique experience somewhere else. I’m leaving work this week […]

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Thin Places

“Come and rest here, child. Sit a while, be still, and breathe. In and then out again. Look up, eyes wide, and see all that I’ve made. All of this I made for my Son, and now you get to … Source: Thin Places

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child-like

“You can’t stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.”

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Camping

When I’ve prayed, I’ve been recently presented with an image of  a tent. It appears randomly seemingly unconnected to the rest of the things I’ve been asking God about. So this weekend on a camping trip with some friends, I was looking out for what camping is about. The first thing seemed to be about […]

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Living on the edge

So life in the UK is currently fairly bonkers. Our esteemed politicians are fortunately not in charge of anything major right now; we have a fantastic civil service to do that for us! That leaves them free to worry exclusively about what other people think of them and how current events might make them look […]

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Selfies

The beauty of God’s love is that we can all be ourselves fully in unity in his mind’s eye. He has a catalogue of selfies taken of us, and he can see it as one big picture.

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