a mentally unwell church

In my series on Missing Generations I wrote about some of the organisation difficulties the church is experiencing, some of which are caused by the ways different generations think about the church, abut change and about development.  We tinker around the edges of change because we have an underlying lack of confidence in who we Read More …

Back to the Stadium

Last March I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life.  I won a place in the a once in a lifetime Olympic Park Run and was one of the first people to cross the finish line in the newly completed Olympic Stadium. Well, the National Lottery are doing it again… with the Read More …

the value of life

As a marathon runner I watched in horror as the news of two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon broke last night.  This morning I woke to the news that an 8 year old boy was one of three people killed in the explosion.  He was waiting to see his dad cross Read More …

promise

A reflection on Passover the Exodus…   a promise a people a promise to a people a people of promise   a people who cried out together a promise made by god to a people chosen by god   a long time in the making the promise or was it the people?   through the Read More …

Change

Sorry for the gap.  I’m not off blogging for Lent.  It was just that life and as a consequence a lack of time and internet access got in the way. We’ve moved house and the interweb access was only just turned on so I’m back… I’ll write more soon but I wanted to draw your Read More …

Get Some Breathing Space

As life goes on I’ve become more and more aware of the importance of having some breathing space,  take some time out and give yourself some head space.  If you read my blog you’ll know that for me that’s one of the attractions of running. How will you take your breathing space? Why not use Read More …

Spill The Beans Lent – Pentecost

It has been quite some feat by the Spill the Beans Team to pull this off over the festive season, but after a crazy deadline of 31 December for all the writing, the next issue of Spill the Beans is now beautifully formed and available for download. This is the Lent to Pentecost edition that Read More …