Faith, Hope & Love

I’m praying a lot at the moment about what I’m going to be teaching at the two services on my ‘preach with a view’ Sunday at Tonbridge Baptist Church. Having never ‘preached with a view’ before it’s a little unusual to climb into teaching preparation for two messages where an unusual amount of attention will [...]

The power of a good product. I stood in line today for 40 minutes to get my due upgrade at the end of my existing contract (good timing) to the latest Iphone 4. ‘Think different’? It’s a brilliant axiom for design and innovation, whether it’s technology, business or church, but the irony about the power [...]

I love this video; it reminds us of the power of words. It’s one reason I love teaching. I love crafting words, stories, tone and humour to move hearts and minds with the story of Jesus and I’m pretty much obsessed at getting better. But I heard a great reminder this week that good speeches don’t raise [...]

This Sunday I’m continuing our series ‘With Jesus’ and we’ll be looking together at John 21 and how the resurrected Jesus makes time for Peter , picks him up, restores him and sends him on his way with a new sense of purpose and mission. John 21 is an awesome chapter – one of the [...]

It’s so exciting when a dream or an idea becomes a reality. Thanks to the hard work of Jennifer and Helen in particular, and many others in supporting them, the ‘What Does Christmas Mean To You?’ Art Gallery is up and running. If you can get here, I’d highly recommend you using it as part [...]

Well, back to work and I’m at my desk preparing my teaching for this Sunday. We’re continuing our series, ‘What does Christmas mean to you?’ We interviewed a range of people from the village and heard their opinions, and one of the answers to this question given by a few people was, ‘Christmas means nothing.’ [...]

On the final day they’d saved the best until last. We had a whole day of Q&A with Bill Hybels. This was simply awesome. He gave answers and wisdom to questions about the priority of marriage and the family over ministry; issues worldwide that the church needs to be prepared for in the future; church [...]