The Missing Years
Our little boy has been with us a few nights now. It’s strange and unknown territory and there is so …
Category Archives: faith
Monkey Do Monkey Do
I write this on my phone in a cheap hotel room after meeting our son for the first time. In …
If it makes you happy…
Once in youth group I asked the young people what they thought God wanted for their lives. There was a …
Commitment
Two weeks ago I wrote about contagious generosity. This was followed by a post on infectious passion last week. To …
Clutch vs Consistency
I have always been a big basketball fan. Living in the UK it is not always easy to keep up …
Broken
“BANG, SMASH” You look around and your heart sinks as you see the jar that was previously standing proudly on …
Why I hated the Youthwork Summit 2013 (and other Christian conferences)
Yesterday I got back from YWS13 (The Youthwork Summit). It was my first time at YWS and I was swayed …
Past It
We have all had them. Those moments we relive again and again. Things from our past that either cheer us …
Hamsters & Freedom
My 8 year old niece has a hamster called Cheese. Cheese has stayed at our house a few times now …
Thank You
Thank you that I am a human man, because I understand men. Thank you that I know hate, it makes …
Music Matters
When it comes to musical taste we all think we are experts. My upbringing in music was mixed. Dad had …
The Real Question
There is a question we all fear, and don’t really know how to answer. No doubt it is an important …
Jesus Clones
I really struggle with impossible goals. I am not talking about aiming high, but genuinely  impossible targets. At secondary school …
Wake Up Jesus!
The disciples are out on a boat. For the fishermen among them this is a place of safety. It’s what …
The Kings House
My favourite restaurant is called The Kings House. My wife and I would visit weekly if finances permitted. If we …
Filled to be emptied
I hardly ever sign off my emails ‘God Bless you’ but a lot of people do. I always felt it …
My Evening as a Stripper
It’s been a busy couple of months, on top of work, our ongoing adoption process, Christmas, New Year and the …
Worship What?
This morning I finished my Bible in a year book. Just like the regular Bible it ends in Revelation. What …
I am…
I am hideous. I am detestable, disgusting. I lie. I cheat. In my thoughts I am a murderer and adulterer. …
You are Chosen
As it became clearer that outside of a miracle I was not going to father my own children there was …
Tree Surgery
I was walking home the other day and coming towards me were two school girls. I decided to do the …
Conflict Zone: Cogito EGO sum
In his sermon and book ‘The Freedom of Self-Forgetfullness’ Timothy Keller talks about getting to the place where the ego …
When Dreams Have Gone
As a small child I used to have a recurring dream in which I could fly. Eventually I asked my …
Prophets of Doom
Prophecy. That old chestnut. Some find the very idea of it controversial. Others hear from God left, right and centre. …
The Same Spring
You probably know that feeling. You are on a spiritual buzz, you have had a good prayer time, bible study …
Frog Faith
This is a guest post from Imogen. Imogen is at the youth group at Scarborough Christian Fellowship and this is …
The Hat & Tattoo Taboo
It appears when you prayer to improve your character, you don’t instantly get your wish, but rather plenty of opportunities to practice. So the last two years have involved me have to man up and speak to people face to face more than ever before. But they also involved something else – more of me coming face to face with my own flaws than ever before too – usually by others pointing them out.
Disillusioned
“Seems you created your own illusion, fuelled by an image of me” The above are lyrics to a song by …
Because of Grapefruit
Why do I believe in God? Apart from my personal response to a challenge to believe when I was twelve …
The man I was made to be
“Love it will not betray you, dismay you or enslave you. It will set you free. Be more like the …
Mercy not Sacrifice: Sacrifice
Think about everything you do for God. Ever feel pretty good about it? Ever feel a bit annoyed when God …
