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Category Archives: Learning
Reflections from along the Great Glen Way
I recently walked along the Great Glen Way, which is a long distance path which follows the Great Glen, alongside the Caledonian canal and three lochs (including Loch Ness), from Fort William to Inverness. The walk is though some beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, discipleship, Faith, Learning, Life experiences, Relationship with God, video I have taken
Tagged discipleship, free video resource for churches, free video resources for church, God is at work in our everyday lives, Great Glen Way, making disciples, retreat, spiritual retreat, thought for the day, vdeo reflections, video clips for use in church
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From Scattered Sheep to Sent Shepherds
It’s amazing how you can read a very familiar part of the Bible and yet see something new in it! Recently I was reading about the time when Peter said that he would never deny Jesus (Matthew 26): 31 Then Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Bible, discipleship, Faith, freedom, God loves us, Learning, Life experiences, Relationship with God, vulnerability
Tagged Acts 10, Do you love me more than these, failure is a part of life, feed my sheep, free to fail, God restores, jesus restores peter, John 21, Matthew 26, peter denies Jesus, peters denial of Jesus, restoration, scattered sheep, sent shepherds, shepherds, you will deny me 3 times, Zechariah 13
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When I can’t do it is the right answer!
To certain members of the Ross household it felt like the end of the world – our internet had stopped working at home! While we waited for an engineer to come and fix the problem I bought a mobile wifi … Continue reading
Are You Ready for Black Sunday?
On Black Friday, lots of people head to the shops so I figured that I would call today Black Sunday to inspire people to go to church. On Black Friday, shoppers desperately try to save money by err… spending money … Continue reading
Posted in church, Faith, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, Relationship with God
Tagged black Friday, black Sunday, excuse not to go to church, fulfillment, investing in our relationship with God, life in all its fullness, meaning of life, Orchard baptist Church, relationship with God, search for meaning
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Should Church Ministers be Leaders or Servants?
I was completing an online form for an insurance quote recently and I was asked to pick a category that best described my job. The sorts of options were things like Professional, Manager (senior), technician, clerical, sales, engineer etc. In … Continue reading
Posted in church, Faith, Leadership, Learning, Who am I
Tagged identity, Jesus came to serve, Leadership, ministers, ministry today, servants of God, who am I
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How do we Measure Success?: People really are are more important than Statistics
The stats counter on this blog has just ticked past 100,000 hits and as a result of this and some other things I have been pondering what success is and how we measure it. 100,000 hits in three and a … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed to be a blessing, change, Faith, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, success
Tagged being open to change, blog anniversary, God is changing us, God transforms, let god change you, life experiences, measuringsuccess, success, what makes a successful blog
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Looking for God Moments
When we serve God and create our own definition of success, it can lead to us feeling we have failed when we should be celebrating the amazing things that God is doing! Last week, I spent a few days at … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Blessed to be a blessing, Faith, Following Jesus, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, Not ashamed of Jesus
Tagged are we open to God's leading, being honest and open, Calming of the storm, celebrations, changed by an encounter with God, evangelism, God is at work, God is at work in our everyday lives, honest about our faith, life experiences, pause, peace be still, sharing God's love, telling our story
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Grow Towards the Light
As I prayed with some friends recently I looked out the window (you don’t have to close your eyes to pray you know!) and I noticed the tree in the next door garden. As the tree has grown, the main trunk … Continue reading
Listening to and Learning from Children in Church
Yesterday we spent the service reflecting on our church values and at one point everyone had some space to draw, write thoughts or to discuss the values. One of the children (she is 3) drew this picture and asked her mum … Continue reading
Posted in church, discipleship, Faith, Learning, Life experiences
Tagged christian values, creative learning, explaining discipleship to children, God of surprises, how welcoming is the church, inspirational, interactive learning, learning through fun, life experiences, surprised by Jesus, unless we become like children we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, we need to stretch our children, wecloming people in church, what is the church for, when children surprise us
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Do we relate to Jesus primarily as his Mates or his Minions?
Do we relate to Jesus primarily as his Mates or his Minions? To put it another way, do you mainly approach Jesus as his friend or as his servant? Jesus chose disciples ‘that they might be with him and that he … Continue reading
Posted in discipleship, Faith, Following Jesus, Learning, Life experiences, Relationship with God
Tagged called to follow Jesus, calling first disciples, come and follow me, follow Jesus, friend of sinners, I call you friends, Jesus friend of sinners, making disciples, mark 3 14, mark3, minions, relationship with God, servants of God, serve God, what is a disciple, who is jesus, worship god and serve him only
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