Mount Everest? The Moon? Smuggle bibles? Serve the poor? It quite often only takes a small question to bridge the gap from having vision to casting vision. All of these adventures started with a dreamer, who saw a need, opportunity or challenge and they decided to cast that vision to others. I’m sure more detailed […]
The mental changes of life – A Christian Frame of Life Over on our Instagram account, we have started a new series of ‘Hello…month’ which will be posted each 1st of the month. Here are a few thoughts about the framework in which we think about things. As a basis I want to think with you […]
The first thing to make clear if engaging with someone with bad mental health is that it feels scary but is easier if we approach it somehow similarly to general physical health. Every person has mental health and at times it is good or even great. Other times it is bad or a real, deeper […]
It’s getting close to your turn to lead the youth group. You’re quite excited about the opportunity but you might also be a bit nervous. You might not have led it before, or you might have forgotten the amount of times you’ve done it. Either way, you know it’s important and you want to do a good job. Here’s a few things that might help you think it through;
Top 10 ideas to develop and encourage young leaders. Identify young people who want to engage. They don’t need to be extrovert or display huge leadership potential. They only need to show some wish to serve. How to: Invite a group of young people for a cuppa at a coffee shop or even better […]
When we think about prayer it’s good to remember The Lord’s Prayer and what He taught the disciples. He explained that prayer is not a show but something that is between us and God. When Jesus talks to the disciples in Matthew 6, it says; 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, […]
Sometimes we can make Jesus’ words of the great commission into a thing we relegate to the one ‘Gospel Sunday’ a month or even to the one ‘mission’ event a year. Even more often we find ourselves delegating this command to the ‘paid people’. Yet Jesus’ words are to all of us and sound more like an everyday instruction.
Culture Picture for a minute the famous tower of Pisa, the leaning one. Designed to be an eye catching, functional bel tower. And yes, originally designed to be perfectly upright. The design and structure of the building is faultless. It is though, very famous and very photographed, because of the fact it is leaning. […]
Changing and setting culture (Inspired by thoughts from “Creativity Inc” by the president of Pixar and Disney Animations as talked about by Pastor J.D. Greear) Here are some thoughts from a few people who have managed to inspire the world and improve a billion dollar business. How can these thoughts help us think about youth […]
Gen Y – Gen Z blog post Today I would like to explore the idea that our approaches in church might need to change in order to connect with young people and that it is necessary. Whenever we talk about different generations in our churches someone throws in the argument that the gospel is timeless. […]
