Living Room, Living Conversation This weeks blog takes it’s inspiration from a living room conversation that I had with a great friend Tony John. Tony and Pat are a couple that I love so much, walking paths, pioneering paths, living paths. They knew what it was to walk a more ‘liquid’ expression of church before [...]
The Lord’s Table Growing up in the Assemblies of God tradition one of the first things I was introduced to as a serious Christian was the traditional Sunday morning ‘Breaking of Bread’ service. This was the meeting that all committed Christians had to make a special attempt to get to because of the command to [...]
Dream On. On Tuesday a friend, Karen McCrill Howard, shared a dream with me. That dream meant more to me than I am sure Karen would realise. I found such encouragement in it that I wanted to share it and a few thoughts surrounding it here. Before I go any further here is the dream [...]
Just Saying!!! Funny that when you least expect it something that is said or done does not just cause a ripple but a bit of a tidal wave. On Sunday morning I posted the following status update on Facebook; So many status updates on a Sunday about life changing meetings, messages and ministries. This event [...]
Flock Together The whole of life seems to be obsessed with tribes and gangs. We find this concept in the Old Testament with the tribes of Israel, we find it in the history of popular music; mods vs. rockers, punks vs. teds, rave vs. rock, and we also find it in church life; baptist, pentecostal, [...]
Blind Obedience Had some interesting conversations and thoughts this week concerning leadership, obedience without question, respect for position etc, and the realisation of how much spiritual abuse goes on under the banner of the name of Jesus. Was speaking to a friend from a local church that has a very strong ‘apostolic’ (as in carries [...]
It has been fascinating to hear GOP presidential hopefuls make statements along the lines of the above title. The health system has been quoted… and of course the health care system is under pressure and there are always personal stories to tell. However, I am personally very grateful for the health care that Sue had. [...]
Hope you like the new site. Blogs at the top and more blogs magazine articles at the bottom of the home page… Such interesting times to be alive. Size: there is a tendency for institutions to grow and grow. I am interested in the US political ‘caucuses’ (wow what does that word mean, where does [...]
January Blues If there is one comment that I have heard or read this past few days that really disturbs me and gets up my nose it is the one, ‘it’s nice to get back to normal.’ Of course the reference is to coming out of the festive period, getting the Christmas decorations down, that [...]
Sound of the Anvil As an introduction just some background on why this is called ‘The Sound of the Anvil’. When I moved into Wales to become a ‘Pastor’ I lived and worked in a ‘church’ in a place called Tonyrefail, just outside the Rhondda Valleys. The name Tonyrefail when translated into English is ‘the [...]
Much of the material that will be central to these posts will cover perspectives on the 'gates' of society, the places of influence that shape the culture. If transformation is a desired outcome, such aspects as strategic prayer and understanding the redemptive gifts of places will play their part. As prayer opens up space, filling it will be vital, not in a controlling, top-down sense, but with a servant spirit. Finding appropriate terminology is difficult. Maybe 'transformation' is not the right term, perhaps 'transfiguration', where inner qualities burst through.
I have chosen to use the term 'gates' and although they can be defined any number of ways these are the seven ways I have chosen to group them by:
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Changing times
How the times are a-changing. Not being inside the UK means that I am not always in touch with what really is being said and actioned. I have come across two recent events: the banning of prayer before the Town Hall meetings in Bideford (see a comment by Dyfed), and a report in the Telegraph [...]