In over our heads
A talk I gave in February 2025. Acts 14:1-20 - Paul and Barnabas in Iconium and Lystra It’s great to be here with you this morning. Together since the start…
Scriptureacts-14 · bible · Christianity · Faith · God · jesus
God's currency is grace
A talk I gave in June 2024 Matthew 20:1-16 - the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard Morning everyone! It’s lovely to be with you this morning as we…
Scripturegenerosity · grace · greed · jesus · Matthew 20 · parable · Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard · sermon
"Behold the Lillies"
The kitchen drawers broke some months ago. At first I identified that the problem was a simple matter of getting a couple of replacement rubber washers. I…
Scriptureblessing · connection · Faith · gratitude · Luke 12 · need · worry
making peace
'Blessed are the peacemakers' When I think of peace, I think of white doves, olive branches and conscientious objectors. Peace requires solitude, demands…
Scripturecolossians · courage · Faith · justice · non-violence · non-violent direct action · NVDA · peace · reconcilation · vulnerability
Thinking about Home
I have been thinking about Home ever since I got asked in the Praxis One course to complete the sentence 'I want the story of my life to be the story of…
Scripturehome · life · psalm 23 · shelter · the story of someone who · walk
Simple, not easy
I am now a Londoner. Of sorts ( - the week-old kind). I already feel at home thanks to lodging in a house where there are lots of people drifting in and out…
Scripturechange · Luke · luke 5 · moving · obedience
(Week 6) Sword of the Spirit
A way not to lose sight of the sweet, fierce pleasure of knowing Jesus
Scripture2018 · armour of god · bible · Ecclesiastes · ephesians 6 · islam · scripture · spring · sword of the spirit
(Week 5) Helmet of Salvation
A different sort of race to run.
Scripture2018 · armour of god · Ephesians · ephesians 6 · hope · race · running · salvation · winter
(Week 3) Feet Fitted with Peace
Our feet can walk the road ahead with peace because Jesus has walked there before us.
Scripture2018 · armour of god · death · jesus · peace · winter
Why Jesus... in 5 minutes
The following is a small taster of what I believe.
Scripture2018 · Faith · good news · gospel · jesus
(Week 2) Breastplate of Righteousness
Not a place to retreat to, but equipment to go out in.
Scripture2018 · armour of god · justice · righteousness
(Week 1) Belt of Truth
A constant for unconstants
Scripture2018 · armour of god · belt of truth · Ephesians · power · truth · winter
Fruits of the Spirit
A look back over a term of thinking on the fruits of the spirit.
ScriptureFaith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · goodness · reflections
(8) Week Love
A reflection on Week Love.
Scripture2017 · Faith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · love · only love today · winter
(7) Week Kindness
Reflections on Week Kindness.
Scripture2017 · Faith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · kindness
(6) Week Faithfulness
Thoughts on Week Faithfulness
Scripture2017 · Faith · faithfulness · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · winter
Multiplier
Unfiltered musings
Scripture2017 · cross · dependence · Dorothy Day · Faith · jesus · multiplier · offering · pace · peace · winter · zechariah
(5) Week Peace
Reflections on Week Peace
Scripture2017 · Faith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · isaiah · peace · psalm 23 · Psalms · reflections · winter
(4) Week Joy
Reflections on Week Joy
Scripture2017 · autumn · Faith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · joy
(3) Week Patience
Reflections on week patience.
ScriptureFaith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · patience
(2) Week Self-Control
Reflections on week self-control
Scripture2017 · autumn · Faith · fruit of the spirit · Galatians · self-control
(1) Week Gentleness
Reflections on week gentleness
Scripture2017 · autumn · Faith · fruit of the spirit · gentleness · humility · jesus · Luke · Luke 7 · reflections · university
Are you prepared?
We do not see the Kingdom, acquire it, build it, or enjoy it. What we do is join a Movement which looks for it, acts if it already existed, takes hold of its final reality and embodies bits of it now.
Scripture2017 · Faith · future · kingdom · kingdom of god · mark · Mark 1 · matthew · Matthew 13 · movement · summer · treasure
Eternity in the Human Heart
A reflection after the terror attacks in Manchester and London.
Scripture2017 · death · Ecclesiastes · eternity · Faith · grief · hole · hope · immortal · jesus · London · Manchester · mortal · summer · terror attack
The Kingdom of God is seen in Empty Spaces
being not doing
Scripture2017 · beautitudes · being not doing · clutter · empty space · empty spaces · kingdom of god · matthew · university
The Bride of Christ
Trying to work through some thoughts I had about God's love for us!
Scripture2017 · Faith · hosea · Jeremiah · jesus · love · picture of love · sex · spring
Thoughts for today, at the end of Lent
It's Easter Sunday! Hallelujah!
Scripture2017 · easter · easter sunday · Faith · forgiveness · good friday · hope · I AM · injustice · jesus · John · Lent · rejoice · resurrection · spring · transformation
Treasure in jars of clay
A re-write of 2 Corinthians 4.
Scripture2 Corinthians · 2017 · Christianity · Faith · jesus · spring · treasure
Open Hands
Living with open hands, mindful of the smallness and lowness of the things I treasure when contrasted with the greatness of God.
Scripture2017 · Ephesians · Faith · generosity · humility · open hands · plans · spring · surrender · worship
Love in the small things
A picture of love as a reminder to myself of what love is and the love I know.
Scripture1 Corinthians · 1 John · 2017 · Faith · humility · jesus · King · love · picture of love · relationships · serving · spring
Make Me Hungry
A prayer to be made hungry, where hunger is longing after more of God's presence.
Scripture1 Corinthians · 2017 · Cos · Faith · friends · hungry · Luke · Luke 9 · matthew · Matthew 5 · Romans · Romans 6 · Romans 8 · Sermon on the Mount · spiritual hunger · winter
My everything & my All in All
Words I inadvertently composed in my head as I've been working today. I pray that the beauty of this grace, of this invitation to be one of God's people, is not lost on you today.
Scripture2017 · Christian Union · CICCU · Faith · living water · Revelation · revelations · university
This is my freedom.
How a simple line in one of my readings this week got my very quickly off track.
Scripture2 Corinthians · 2017 · duty · Faith · freedom · holiness · humility · J.C Ryle · jesus · liberty · methodist covenant prayer · philosophy · price · self forgetfulness · surrender · winter
As long as it is called 'Today'
Hebrews 3 + 8. As long as it is called 'Today', may I live by faith.
Scripture2016 · Faith · faithfulness · gospel · Hebrews · Jeremiah · jesus · kindliness · obedience · Shepherd · winter
Advent - rest, celebration, action
I love the sense of expectation and hopefulness in this month – a sense of expectation with which days on the calendar are slowly crossed off and doors of advent calendars are opened.
Scripture2016 · Cambridge · celebration · church · Faith · friends · friendship · gingerbread · Hebrews · HT · prayer · prophecy · rest · winter
Your Spirit is like Laughter
Thoughts from time this morning in the CICCU 48 hour prayer room.
Scripture2016 · autumn · Christ · Faith · freedom · Galatians · jesus · laughter · Spirit
Day by Day
Christianity is all about life and death. It is the way to life and the victory over death.And so it is that I have put here some photos of my 'ordinary', of my day by day, through which I find and see the extraordinary: the way to life and the victory over death.
Scripture2 Corinthians · 2016 · autumn · change · cross · extraordinary · Faith · jesus · matthew · scripture · time · university
In Need of a Pep Talk
How it was I ended up in need of a pep talk and my two sources - Kid President and 2 Corinthians.
Scripture2 Corinthians · 2016 · autumn
Stripey Wellies Strike again
Hello November. Hello cold mornings, steamy windows and 7am walks.
Scripture2016 · autumn · Cambridge · Psalms · walking · wellies
"It was not done in a corner!"
"In nature I see a transiency, the withering of plants and the changing seasons, but also a constancy, the indifference of all that will stay when I am gone. This is particularly acute when I gaze at the stars with the awareness that when the light of the stars as they are now has reached Earth, I won't be here to view them."
Scripture2016 · Acts · autumn · bible · Christianity · Faith · jesus · stars
Generosity
A story that was told at HT last Sunday, two markers of generosity, and a passage in Acts.
Scripture2016 · Acts · autumn · church · Faith · generosity · HT
"It's not something you're ever going to get over"
Lucy's words to me on Monday night about the love of God.
Scripture2016 · autumn · blessing · Faith · joy · love · prophecy · scripture
Santa Hats in Windows
Reality doesn't fit into neat boxes and doesn't go the way you'd expect, and that's so hugely apparent in Christianity. It's a religion that you couldn't have guessed. The universe it offers us, the King it gives us, isn't the one we'd make up for ourselves.
Scripture2016 · Acts · autumn · Faith · unexpected
Joy is made complete
The truth that the gospel proclaims is the truth by which my joy is made complete
Scripture2016 · autumn · bible · Faith · gospels · joy
Wash One Another's Feet
From John 13. He was both King and servant - and neither of those titles are reserved to working hours. Love is a full-time occupation, after all. Love in the big things, God on the Earth and God on the cross, but also love in the washing of feet in the basin.
Scripture2016 · autumn · bible · Faith · gladly · gospels · humility · jesus · John · joy · prose · thoughts · washing feet
Disciples Make Decisions
From John 6. In which Jesus' teaching sounds an awful lot like an invitation to cannibalism as far as his disciples are concerned.
Scripture2016 · autumn · bible · choices · disciples · discipleship · Faith · following · gospels · jesus · John · the bread of life
Duty + Self Forgetfulness
From Luke 17. May we serve in such a way that we reach the evening and delight in being a part of our master's household, however menial and tiring the work, rather than bemoaning the aching of our feet after a long day.
Scripture2016 · autumn · bible · CS Lewis · duty · Faith · gospels · humility · jesus · Luke · perspective · pride · self forgetfulness
Prayer + Self Forgetfulness
From Luke 18. Prayer is about becoming nothing so that God may be everything. That when we decrease, Jesus may increase in our place. We are to be able to say, to use a phrase Miriam Swaffield once used, 'when you see me, see the one who made me'.
Scripture2016 · autumn · bible · Faith · gospels · humility · jesus · Luke · Luke 18 · methodist · methodist covenant prayer · pray · prayer · pride · self · self forgetfulness
Growing Better not Bitter
A reflection on the story behind the hymn 'It is Well with my Soul' and Luke 8. Learning to grow in faith and be transformed by God.
Scripturebible · Faith · gospels · growth · jesus · Luke · peace · reflection
"My Eyes Have Seen Your Salvation"
The first two chapters of Luke. Being captivated by Jesus' salvation and grace for me.
Scripture2016 · bible · Faith · gospels · jesus · joy · Luke · salvation · summer
Give Me Jesus (1)
How the father in Mark 9 and the widow in Mark 12 are models of faith.
Scripture2016 · bible · Faith · gospels · jesus · mark · summer
The Comedy Gold of Mark 9
Thoughts on Mark 9 / why Jesus would be great at Cards Against Humanity
Scripture2016 · bible · Faith · gospels · jesus · mark · summer
Why Four Gospels?
An overview and reflection of the differences and similarities between the Gospels.
Scripturebible · Faith · gospels · jesus · summer · thoughts
"Surely he was the Son of God!"
Some thoughts from the ending chapters of Matthew and his account of the crucifixion.
Scripturebible · cross · Faith · jesus · matthew · summer
Taller When We Bow
Some thoughts on humility. Philippians 2:3-8
ScriptureChristianity · Faith · humility · jesus · philippians
What Love Demands
Some thoughts on Matthew 16.
Scripturebible · christian · Faith · gospels · jesus · matthew
