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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Two questions for the tough times

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1 - Who can you trust, what did they say? 2 - Who cares for you, how did they show it? I firmly believe that these two questions are an i...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Getting someone to the watering-hole

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I finally get it. I'm no longer 20 years old. I'm not even 25. I've just finished my study. I've been married for eigh...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Sometimes you shouldn't cast the vote

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Yesterday our church had a meeting where a vote was taken surrounding an issue of staffing. It wasn't highly controversial and the vote ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

A safe person for two unsafe responses

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BE WARNED : The following post involves swear words. But, in the context they are used, they are, although uncomfortable, somewhat appropria...
Monday, November 17, 2014

The time being part of a denomination helps

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No doubt, they are out of fashion. When churches rebrand, generally, the thing which gets dropped is the traditional title of their denomin...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Is this what I signed up for?

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Some days, those in ministry get home from work and allow their mind to wander back to their initial, first-date-like , job interview. The...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A WHAT meeting?

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Last Sunday, if we were live streaming our evening service, I'd be Internet famous right now. Whilst making an announcement about an u...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Before and after family ministry expectations

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Those who work with kids on a Sunday morning can get frustrated by the flocculating numbers experienced each week. One week you'll hav...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The last piece to get rid of?

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I've written about the changes a one might need to go through upon de-conversion here , but, prompted by something I read the other day,...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Focus on one section of the teddy

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Sometimes, do you wish you could just chop off a segment of your life? Do you wish you could leave the physical ailments at home or unplug ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

A response to Halloween

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This is the response to Halloween I gave out at church... I never went trick-or-treating as a kid. It had nothing to do with religion, as...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Comfort passages

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Whenever I choose hymns for the morning service, I have the aim for them to be recognizable for the congregation to almost be able to recite...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Do you have an atheist part?

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You're a church-going, ministry-involved, bible-aware, Jesus-believing Christian. But you're sleeping with your partner... You...
Monday, October 20, 2014

The two essential elevator pitches you must nail in youth ministry

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In youth ministry you need two elevator pitches . One short, elevator ride timed, spiel should outline the core of the gospel message. Min...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Did Jesus get the sniffles?

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Tonight I had the last lecture of my final subject - Christology - for my Bachelor of Theology . Dealing mainly with the incarnation and its...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

You may not be a large Youth Pastor in disguise

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Last week we had the largest number at youth group we've had in over a year. In fact, when it comes to the rough guide I use to track nu...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Growing pains

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I know, it's not all about numbers. It's not even all about size. Everyone can't grow up in or work at a church on a list of t...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The vital step to "How's it going?"

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Around a decade ago I used to work as a checkout operator at a local department store. At the start of every transaction you'd be encour...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Five-Fingered voting

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The denomination I work in uses the consensus model of voting in many of its meetings. Today I read here  a brilliant way to show your fe...
Friday, October 3, 2014

The two questions which shape evangelism

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When you meet someone, for the first time or otherwise, do you see them as someone who is primarily an object of God's love or wrath? ...