Tag: church
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lol, hmmm
Following yesterday’s heavy bloggage, today there is some levity… I have just acquired a book by Milton Jones: “10 second sermons.” Don’t get too excited if you are part of the church where I minister, I am not planning to emulate him. But I thought it would be worth sharing some of them with you.…
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unmission
I have just finished reading another book for my Sabbatical: The Fourfold Leadership of Jesus by Andrew Watson. The book has a chequered history. Not the publication, the actual copy. It was a gift to me from a group of people I served while working for the Baptist Union of Great Britain, over four years…
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sneaky shopping
I have been undercover today. I have been a ‘mystery shopper’. I can’t say where or for what, but it was quite a strange experience. I had to pretend that I was interested in a particular purchase and then ask the assistant to help me with it. (On the whole the assistant did well, but…
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access all areas
I have been amazed recently to find how much the current generation of popstars are using social networking and other media to enable their fans to follow them as never before. Twitter accounts allow fans to see what they are up to and comment on it. Websites give all the details fans would want to…
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under review
“What are people saying about me?” Have you ever wondered what the answers to that question might be? There are times when we might want to know the answers, and others when we would rather live in blissful ignorance. The answers may change at different times. Sometimes the answers may be positive, encouraging, exciting. On…
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iceberg ministry
When I was little I decided that I wanted to be a Baptist Minister. It was a naive wish. It was based on a WYSIWYG assumption – that what you see is what you get as far as Ministers go, and all they do is prepare sermons and services. That sounded like a good life.…
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travelling companions
This weekend has been provocative, inspiring, encouraging and challenging at different times. Ideas and possibilities of whirring through my mind and I am trying to assimilate them all. I am trying to work out what God not concerned to me and to our church through all of these different thoughts and ideas. One of the…
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from sermons to sofas
No, today’s bloggage is not recommending that we install sofas in our churches instead of pews or uncomfortable chairs. Although, come to think of it… Today is a day in which I plan to spend most of the day shut away in my study… preparing for Sunday services. The sun is shining outside, the birds…
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and the winner is…
Woohoo. Our church notice sheet has won an award! You can see details here or download the weekly sheet here by clicking on the image of the sheet and then the link on the following page. It is particularly encouraging because we have taken steps this year to improve it to make it easier to read, more…
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what do you see?
When we left the church we were attending before I came to Colchester I was given a gift by the church of a painting (see picture above). It is by Juliet Hemingwray. The scan above does not do the picture justice: the colours are more vibrant and the gold is shinier. What do you think…
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