Archive for January, 2012

joy boxes

Posted: January 30, 2012 in Uncategorized

At this months St Maxs we have begun to embrace the idea of giving, to each other, to the church and to the community around us. The idea comes from a church in the USA called Mars Hill in Grand Rapids. Here is basics of what we are trying to do …. Joy Boxes Here [...]

God does some great things!

Posted: January 26, 2012 in Uncategorized

This months St Max’s is all about Epiphany which loosely means manifestation or appearing. So we are looking at how we see Jesus in and through today’s culture.  I asked Martin, a guy who has been journeying with us for about a year now if he would like to say something about how he views [...]

My dissertation

Posted: January 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

So i have nearly finished my dissertation, which is quite amazing as it has seriously nearly finished me many more times! Here is a copy of the front cover, which was actually the most fun bit of it to do! I will post a copy of the full thing when it is finally finished…

Responding to Driscoll

Posted: January 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Not that my thoughts matter a jot in this conversation but here is my response to this article   There was once a famous preacher who felt convicted to preach the Gospel to everyone who would listen and even those who wouldn’t.  Over time this preacher become world famous, many listened to his every word, [...]

Epiphany

Posted: January 12, 2012 in Uncategorized

I made this film a while back and though it fits quite nice with the theme of epiphany of making Christ known as the wise men did after seeing him.  

Big Announcement….

Posted: January 10, 2012 in Uncategorized

Well…… New Year New Job !!!!!  I can now officially announce that I will be starting a new role this Easter! I have been asked and have taken a pioneer minsters job in Middlesbrough. This means that after 5 ½ years in Bridlington we are all moving up north.  We leave Brid on 2nd April [...]

new blog design

Posted: January 5, 2012 in Uncategorized

Having revived my blog i thought i would give it a bit of revamp. Many of my friends have paid to design and upload their stuff on their blogs, but i still as yet cannot justify doing so. So i am sticking with the free themes that wordpress offer. Back when i dirst started this [...]

FOR many people 2011 has been a hard year. For some it may have been difficult financially, for others it may have been for more personal reasons, maybe due to illness or losing a loved one. When hard times come they often bring lots of questions, usually more questions then answers! Questions of why, when [...]

my 2011….

Posted: January 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

Heading quickly towards the new year i thought i would spend a few moments in reflection on the past year and all that has gone on…. so taking the concept of last two years here are my highlights. It’s been a bit of a London year! Looking back over this year, I have to admit [...]