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Forgiveness

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Forgiveness seems to be a strange and difficult concept so often in the world in which we live.

Destruction, revenge, and 'pay back' seem to be the order of things and the way culture often understands 'justice' and 'putting things right'.

Forgiveness is tough and difficult. Forgiveness is costly.

When I forgive someone who wrongs me, it costs me something. It costs me something because it is tough. I feel wounded by someone, yet in forgiving them I am

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I met a couple of guys the other day and we got chatting about various different things.

Both very interesting and unique. Both with fascinating thoughts about life, faith and spirituality.

One of them believed in God. He believed in who Jesus was. He was passionate about Israel. He believed in a literal 6 day creation. He struggled with being a follower of Jesus. He believed in unconditional love. He believed that our actions today matter. He found faith to be hard work and believed he

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Family Celebrations

On Monday evening family and friends celebrated my mum and dad's 40th wedding anniversary.

It was a great evening with lots of laughter, happy memories and reminiscing, good food and drink and a great time with well over 100 family and friends. Everyone had a really good night and I could tell that my mum and dad enjoyed the evening, were relaxed and appreciated the love and support many people have for them.

My Beautiful Girls on Monday evening

Tom has recently written about my mum and dad

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Etched onto His Skin

I have just read my bro's blog reflecting on how our mum and dad have been married for 40 years this month.

He writes:

'They've loved each other, hated each other, been indifferent to each other, tolerated each other...They've been through bankruptcy, wealth, laughter, sadness, anger, joy, confusion. They've tried to have children and failed, but managed to adopt four children. They have had their house taken away...I will always be amazed as to how mum and dad have survived as a couple...It's

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Servant Leader or Leader Person?

A Servant Leader or a Leader Person...

Servant Leader: Has something to say
LeaderPerson: Wants a platform on which to say something

LeaderPerson: Wants you to know they are a Leader
Servant Leader: You're not sure they know they are a leader

LeaderPerson: Loves the idea of the Gospel, and the idea of The Church
Servant Leader: Loves God and the actual individual people God brings across their path

LeaderPerson: Helps you find where God is leading you in their organization
Servant Leader: Helps you

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Amazing Love

I claw at the darkness, seeking an end to the pain
I dig deeper and deeper certain of an escape.
The darkness seems to surround me
I can't remember what light even looks like now.

I convince myself that an escape from the darkness lies in digging deeper
So I continue to delve sure of an end or even a beginning.

I am like a man clawing the ground hoping for deliverance
He splinters his nails and breaks his fingers longing for escape.
The wounds I carry cannot so easily be healed.

And so I find myself in

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Salvation and Belief

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Last Monday I had a 'Crash' evening whereby I invited a few different people to come round my home for a meal. As we eat someone shares for 10 minutes about a particular subject and then we discuss throughout the evening what that person has shared and see where the conversations take us.

On Monday John Colwell came and spoke. He was one of my tutors at college and is now Pastor at Budleigh Salterton Baptist. He spoke about

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Constance

Here is a provocative video about the realities of prostitution, pornography and human trafficking.

The reality of these things is one of devastation, and this video captures that devastation well...

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What is my motivation?

What is our motivation?

What is the reason behind all that we do as God's people?

Why are we in relationship with people?

Is it because we love people?

Is it because we want to be in relationship with people?

Is it because we want to have friendships, relationships and loving communities?

Or is it because we want to grow a church?

Is it because we want to see people become Christians?

Is it because we want to raise our own profile and the profile of the

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Music Worship

There is a meme going round at the moment to name one CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) song that you find unbearable and explain briefly why.

Sam tagged me in this along with Banksy.

Banksy posts here which particular song he dislikes and more generally his dislike of this whole genre of music worship and reasons why he doesn't even think it is music worship.

I've had a think and I've decided that I'm not going to get involved with this meme for a number of reasons.

Firstly I

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Another Church Plant Update

Things are going well here. We are 5 months into this church planting adventure and feel really encouraged by what has been happening.

I have now set up a group who meet every two weeks to explore Christian faith and spirituality. We are going through Mark's Gospel and are going to use a variety of ways to explore the life of Jesus as told through Mark's narrative. Some weeks we will eat together and have a 'Crash' evening whilst other times we will watch film as a lead into a time of

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Love Pusher

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A Great Story

Everyone has a story...

God Himself has a story...

And the most powerful story, the one that will keep you enthralled, the one that will captivate you and change you, the one that is so powerful you will never want it to end, the one that is so great it will stay with you forever...

That story is when your story and God's story come together.

It is always amazing when we see God's story and the stories of those whom we serve in our communities come together. It is always amazing

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Good Samaritan

On the BBC website people have been leaving 'Good Samaritan' stories, sharing their experiences of how strangers have helped them in a time of real need or trouble.

The stories are really heart warming and challenging.

Go here and read them all for yourselves, but here are two that caught my eye.

The first one showing the beauty of humanity and how the love and care from people to people can deeply change lives:

In 1993, at a football game between Millwall and Portsmouth, I was

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Looking Back and Then Pressing On Toward The Goal

I've had a good break over the Christmas and New Year period, enabling me to spend some quality time with family and friends.

2010 all in all was a great year. So much has happened this past year and, reflecting on the previous 12 months, there is much to be thankful for. The first part of the year was tough because I was suffering with bad headaches on a daily basis whilst trying to write essays and travelling up and down the country

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A Christmas Message

'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.'

'So God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.'

'God saw all that he had made and it was very good.'

'When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.'

'The the Lord God said...'What is

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A Disciple of Jesus

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?

A disciple walks the journey that has been laid before them by Jesus. They do not wish to carve and create their own destiny, but rather seeks their destiny to be the one that has been created and carved by Jesus. It is a journey they walk, not seeking to find the way on their own, but rather seeking the Way of their Master, walking in His footsteps, the path of discipleship that He has already taken.

And this path of discipleship is not one

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Church Plant Update

I thought it would be good to update how things are going with the church plant now we have been here just over 3 months.

We have many different people from many different walks in life and these people we have met who are interested and exploring the Christian faith will meet in January for the first time. We continue to be surprised and amazed by God in the way that He builds His church. As yet we are unsure how many people will be there on that first meeting because those who come have

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Jesus

Jesus is not a brand that the church sells to attract clients. He is not a marketing strategy that powerful men dream up in order to grow their business. He is not an event that is held once a year, with flashing lights and mood music, that people go to for an adrenaline rush. He is not a stock market that measures its success on how well the share price is doing. He is not a clever idea that is used to dismantle other ideas. He is not an advertisement that lures people in with feel good

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Storytellers

Storytellers

I was in a coffee shop in town talking with the staff who work there. They were 3 of them, all about 18 years old. I was chatting to them asking about the area, places to go and what they thought of Newton Abbot. I told them that because we had just moved here we didn't really know anyone and asked where they go to meet people. The very first answer that came out of their mouths was...

"Facebook".

Now this does not surprise me in any way. Facebook is an example of what is

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My Story

I'd like to tell you a story, well actually, I'd like to tell you my story. Forgive me for the indulgence, but as I reflected on elsewhere, I think people like hearing each others stories, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you mine. This may take some time, so grab a cuppa.

I was born on the 13th July 1981, the youngest of identical twins by 12 minutes. My birth mother had Indian parents who had moved to the UK before she was born. My birth grandfather was from the Punjab

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Seizing God's Hand

'I have been with God and with the Devil. They fought over me and God won. I seized the hand of God.'

The Chile miner rescue will be spoken about and blogged about for a long time I'm sure. I think it is a great story that deserves to be heard and spoken about and celebrated.

The quote above from the second miner really made me think about things. I don't know what your theology, belief or understanding of God and the Devil is, but this language of humanity being fought over and seized

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Forgiveness

A Conversation

Family Celebrations

Etched onto His Skin

Servant Leader or Leader Person?

Amazing Love

Salvation and Belief

Constance

What is my motivation?

Music Worship

Another Church Plant Update

Love Pusher

A Great Story

Good Samaritan

Looking Back and Then Pressing On Toward The Goal

Looking Back and Then Pressing On Toward The Goal

A Christmas Message

A Disciple of Jesus

Church Plant Update

Jesus

Storytellers

My Story

Seizing God's Hand

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