Stating the Obvious

“To reach people no one else is reaching, we must do things no one else is doing.”

Credited to Craig Groeschel – here.

If you’re still breathing…

…then Jesus isn’t finished with you yet.

In fact, even if you’ve stopped breathing… there was this guy called Lazarus…

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Would like to particularly thank Nat Gillet for the entire design and chapter 9.

Also thanks to James Barbour, Andrew Belcher, Katie Corteen, Natasha Chapman, James Trevett, Charlotte Wallace, and Chris Wilson for various helps along the way – but ofcourse any errors and all opinions can only be blamed on me!

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Happy Pancake Day!

If you could start over, what would you do differently Billy?

“Billy Graham was asked the question, “If you had to start over your ministry would you do it the same way again?” He answered, “No! I would do it like Jesus. I would look for 12 men and spend time with them, hoping that each one will become who I am and that each one will then find 12 men and do the same”

Quoted in Salt & Light International Leaders magazine page 6

Some brain food for the hungry

Apologies for quietness on the blog front – something coming in the next few days to make up for it…

In the mean time, a couple of articles that I’ve found inspiring in the last few weeks to keep you thinking:

If you like stories – Mike Breen’s Why I chose movement over Mega is fantastic.

If you enjoy theory – Alan Hirsch’s The Exiling of the APEs is well worth chewing over (facebook sign in required).

In a revolutionary era… you need to learn to think and act like a revolutionary. People in revolutions who don’t act that way have a particular name: victims. − Joshua Ramo Cooper

A Beautiful Sign

Our church out here went into two groups last month. The other Sunday was our first time back together – it was a really good morning.

Az had communicated with people before that if they had an abundance of any food at the moment please bring it to the meeting, then those who are struggling financially at the moment could help themselves to what others had given.

That’s exactly what happened. In the corner of the gym where we meet altogether (as an incredible hulk mural stares down at us) people left a few shopping bags worth of stuff – oil, biscuits, milk etc, and at the end of the meeting those in need took what they wanted and by the end it had all gone.

To me it was a beautiful sign of what church can look like.

It also a nice summary of what’s going on here:

Tucked away in a corner of Spain there are some needs that are being met in the name of Jesus by a community trying to seek the Kingdom of God.  It’s small, there’s no fuss surrounding it, no announcements or hoopla, easily missable, but real.

We’d love more, and I believe we’ll see it – but what’s here is genuine, and we thank God for it.

Bonhoeffer on Community

“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”