believing and belonging

Membership is one of the hot button topics in the church today.  Is membership in its current format appropriate for today’s church?  Is it appropriate for the church of tomorrow? I guess the arguement centres around whether baptism is the only form of entry into the church of Jesus Christ or if, given some denomination’s practice Read More …

God outside the church

Do we meet God outside of the church? I’m sure we do.  I experience God in all sorts of places.  In my work I often ask people where they feel close to God and almost all of them talk of places other than a church building.  Not that they don’t ever feel God’s presence in Read More …

Broken Things

My iPAQ froze yesterday.  I’ve had it for a year and it’s been pretty reliable, more so than my laptop to be honest (both HP).  Anyway, HP’s support is always a laugh.  I tried online support first.  The guy asked for the serial number and then told me I could get it in one of Read More …

Traditional Sunday Worship Is A Waste Of Time

‘This isn’t working!  There, I’ve said it.  I feel better already.  I’ve been meaning to say it for a long time – in fact I can’t remember a time in the last 30 years that I haven’t thought it.  Oh- it’s the Church I’m talking about by the way!’ A few years ago I started a Read More …

U2 Review

U2 at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2005 We were supposed to both be at Hampden on the 12th June but Mrs SWRYV was suffering from labyrinthitis (vertigo… ah the irony) so we ended up having a good but strange night with me at the back of the Hampden pitch not seeing much and Mrs SWRYV Read More …

Becoming more like Christ… what does that mean???

I’m preaching on Sunday and my theme is ‘becoming more like Christ’.  When I first got the theme a while ago I have to say that I was kind of stuck.  It is one of those topics that seems like a gift but when you get down to it what does it really mean to Read More …

Moby’s New York…

Moby’s new video  for New York New York is superb.  Like the song too.  It’s not a remix of Frank Sinatra!  Debbie Harry of Blondie fame is the vocalist…