Faith, Hope & Love

How do you ‘leave’ a church that you’ve loved, laughed with, grieved with, walked with and experienced many of life’s profound events together? It’s so much more than just leaving a job; we’re leaving home and friends and a deeply fulfilling role. PBC was the church where I met Jem, the place where our children [...]

I’m really looking forward to teaching this series, even though it will be with many mixed emotions. “You are not where you once were. You are not where you’re going to be. You are in a confusing zone. Welcome to The Land Between.” – Jeff Manion. In this coming five-week series we will learn to [...]

I’m not sure about ‘Rev‘ yet as I’ve only seen half an episode. It had some funny lines and Tom Hollander who plays the ‘Rev’ is a good actor who I’ve enjoyed in other roles. Yet it struck me as slightly odd that this is the subject of a sitcom, particularly as Father Ted – which [...]

“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo. What I love about this video is its source. Northpoint is one of the ‘coolest’ churches in America. It does ‘contemporary’ like no other church I’m aware of and it ‘works’. They are passionately devoted about being a church that non-church goers (in America) want [...]

I had a great time this evening with one of my mentors and friends, Derek Tidball. We met in London and ate together as I shared with him some of the journey I’ve been on over this last year. During our conversation Derek reminded me of that beautiful moment in Jesus’ life when a woman anoints Jesus [...]

I’m back at home – The flight was simple (flights are simple if you don’t have children climbing all over you!) but as usual on a flight I couldn’t sleep a wink. That means I’ve got to try to make it until at least 6pm tonight before going to bed. Should be fun. My lovely [...]

Greg describes his role as Executive Pastor to be the one who focuses on “…where we’re going and how we’re going to get there.” He says that the Executive Pastor who knows that they are in the number two role, has to be very clear that their role is to serve the number one, ‘You [...]

The real reason for my trip to America begun today, and if I had to go home now the cost would have been worth it. Today was exceptional. I drove to Willow Creek and picked up my two co-travellers on the way, Des and Bill. We’ll be driving together every day this week and sharing [...]

On Sunday, at 8:30am I left with the Stein’s to go to Willow Community Church – McHenry County, one of their regional sites. We arrived about 10 minutes later, found a parking space easy in their car park, and then walked into their converted warehouse. The spacious car park and a vibrant, welcoming Children’s Ministry [...]