i guess it's not news that jesus is contested. he has been claimed over the centuries to support a whole range of horrendous ideologies of domination and exclusion. the current…
it's the season of lent. lent means spring. in the church it is a season where there is a focus on discipleship. i always like to do something, read something,…
at grace on saturday night we had an amazing evening. 10 people created something in response to advent, picking a passage from a prophet or a theme. i am collating…
earlier this year i wrote a carol or perhaps it might be better described as an advent hymn. it has been posted as part of the proost advent series here…
in brazil was a first for me - a liturgy piece i wrote that was translated into portuguese. i was speaking on luke 7: 36-50 which is a meal at…
the second ambient prayer at grace on saturday went really well. the whole thing is here - ambient prayer 2 - including the playlist, card, exercises, movie and slides. we…
i was leading the first day of london pioneer school today, one the cms pioneer hubs. it was an introduction to pioneering mission. one of the things we did was…
it's the beginning of term. a new year is always both crazy busy but hugely energising. at cms in oxford we have around 100 pioneers doing some training with us…
sault are a wonderful band who produced some great funky political grooves over the last few years. they seemed to catch the moment post george floyd's murder - i found…
this is the fifth of a series of short reflections celebrating twenty years at cms see also 1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms …