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The delights of holding the ‘Missionary’ title

And the real shortcomings of that word too.

Learning to walk a line true to my faith and how it can be expressed in the culture around me as a living every day and ordinary mission overseas.

Serving in stillness (rest)

Serving in stillness (rest)

This weeks theme is rest and it’s something I’ve actually found myself ahead of the ball on for once. I’m fighting for alone time but I’ve found a rhythm that, at least for the while, seems to leave me less exhausted and more excited than...

A trail unseen (follow)

A trail unseen (follow)

When I first heard I would be going to Serbia I travelled up to Nottingham to meet a woman who had some a similar trip some five years before. If memory serves she had stayed in the house of a local minister and her experience had been fostered in that communion of a...

heart-worn and refined

heart-worn and refined

February seems to be redefining my word of the year – Invest. When I thought about ‘Investing’ at the beginning of the year it was much more about getting my house in order, about being in the moment and cutting back on the dross that filled my time...

The goggle box

The goggle box

I’ve noticed a pattern, it’s a sad one and one I’d vowed I’d never fall prey to, but alas I have a kid that totally over-consumes on screen time. In some senses it’s not really surprising. We have more screens per room in this place than...

flying by the seat of our pants

flying by the seat of our pants

Our security is divine, the Lord will provide for all our needs, we will be like a well watered garden, we will flourish under his steadfast hand, the well of Christs riches will never grow dry. Isaiah 58:11 and Philippians 4:19 are comfort indeed. Mission isn’t...

Tonight Santa comes

Tonight Santa comes

He’ll arrive in a similar style and with an much magic as he did on December the 25th, but here Santa comes on new years eve. Adam is still blissfully unaware, he’s unconstrained by dates, he had many an unopened present left on Christmas day, the whole...

Appreciate update

Appreciate update

So back in January I chose a word for the year, and that was Appreciate. It was a word that would change my perspective. It was a world that would push my comfort. and it was a word that would expose that which was ugly. Mid way through I learnt it’s the art of...

Vertical sacrifice

Vertical sacrifice

If we had to list all the things we’ve given up, all the things we’ve laid down, those we’ve been forced into and those that we’ve known our choices would encounter… how long a list we’d have. They come with the territory of life...

Appreciate: half a year

Appreciate: half a year

Back in January, prompted by the Velvet Ashes group I chose a word for the year. One word, to continually come back to, to muse over, to mediate on. One word that I would go on to make my backdrop on almost every digital device, would force myself to acknowledge daily...

Samaritan

Samaritan

The rain arrived in a flurry, huge heavy drops that hid the impending thunder and lightening. We were at Baba’s, within spitting distance of the city but with a 5 minute walk to the bus stop along a footpath-less main road. Swiftly we bundled our belongings and...