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Heaven, Hell and “Love Wins”
Rob Bell, a US megachurch pastor, and renowned speaker and author has set the US evangelical world alight with a controversial book, called “Love Wins” – a look at heaven, hell and the scope of salvation. The UK reaction seems … Continue reading
Celebrating 25 years
No not our wedding anniversary, but 25 years in our church building, The King’s Hall. To be strictly accurate, I wasn’t around in 1985 when the church, then called Edinburgh City Fellowship moved into an old Church of Scotland building … Continue reading
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Mediating Interpersonal Conflict
In July, I attended a second course with Bridge Builders (the last being in May 2009 at the beginning of my sabbatical last year). This course was whole devoted to learning how to mediate a conflict between two people when … Continue reading
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An eighty mile journey to build a bridge
Jesus, when he taught, often told stories that provoked and unsettled the status quo. He draw images and pictures from the world around him, that were familiar to his hearers. But he would put a little spin on a story … Continue reading
Be Silent
Be silent. Be still. Wait before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be still. Let your God look upon you That is all. God knows. God understands God loves you with an enormous love. God only wants to look upon … Continue reading
Prayer is Coming to Stillness
This was part of what was shared at the recent Prayer and Spirituality Evening, looking at stillness. In a previous post, I looked at some practical ways in which we can nurture a stillness in our minds and bodies. Andrew … Continue reading
Spirituality and Prayer Evening 1 – Stillness
Margaret Silf, one of my favourite authors on prayer, describes stillness as being “10 feet down”, below the surface of the choppy waters of our lives where we mostly live. The purpose of stilling ourselves is to bring us down … Continue reading
Rahab the Do-Nothing
Last Sunday, I spoke from Isa 30:1-14, in the first part of a two talks continuing to look at why we don’t pray – part 2 is this Sunday. We also built a wall – click on the photo for … Continue reading
Learning to Pray
This Monday (12th October) I am starting a series of six evenings in church (mainly Monday nights once a month), to help people to learn to pray. I have mentioned before, but I am constantly amazed at the disciples (who … Continue reading
Why don’t we pray? – Part 6
This Sunday I will be continuing to look at reasons why we don’t pray. Generally, Christians know the value of prayer, but mostly we still struggle to pray. It has often been thus. Even in the days of Israel, keeping … Continue reading