April 2011
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“To follow Christ you have to have the heart of a child, the mind of an...”
– Daniel Savala.
March 2011
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Room To Breath
I played golf a few days ago. Just me, alone. And it wasn’t the golf that had drawn me to my local course. No. It was the blue sky, early spring sunshine, fresh air, soothing green grass, stunning Cheshire views and above all, some solitude.
It’s so easy to find ourselves on the treadmill of life, churning out another project, another answer, another meal, another idea, another...
November 2010
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ON LEARNING
On Sunday I was at a church, speaking at both their morning and evening services. I enjoyed it. Preaching is essentially talking about what you have learned/are learning. “Here’s what I’ve learned; here’s what the scriptures say; here’s what I’ve learned about what the scriptures say.” And so to preach you have to learn. In fact, to lead in any capacity you have to keep learning.
So early Monday...
August 2010
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July 2010
2 posts
Me being interviewed at Indie Heaven →
The Beauty of Fellowship
Tonight some friends came over to our house and hung out for a couple of hours. We drank some tea and chewed up a plate of biscuits. But mostly we just talked, opened our hearts, shared our dreams and hurts and frustrations and joys. We prayed for each other.
And I’m deeply grateful.
Life is tough enough without trying to handle it on your own. Isolation isn’t clever. Isolation is a...
June 2010
5 posts
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The inexhaustible love of God
I am loved.
This is a fact.
An incredible, beautiful, wonderful and undeniable fact.
It is a fact not limited by distance, time, feelings or failings. My love that reaches upward to my Maker is like the breaking of the waves on the shoreline. It comes and goes. It gushes and retreats, back and forth.
But His love for me is like a never ending waterfall that constantly and consistently pours...
My new record, Beautiful Broken World is set for...
“Is your metaphor the journey or the fortress? Is your symbol the cross or the...”
– From my friend Brian Zahnd.
