OK, so off to a good start. One day, one post. Can I keep this up? I hope so! I know I’ll feel richer for it at the end and hopefully some of you reading will to. Spending a little while each day focusing on who God is certainly can’t do any harm… So, whereContinue reading “40 day challenge day 1: The Power of Prayer”
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40 day challenge: An introduction
A year ago I was challenging myself to spend 4 weeks on each of 6 different spiritual disciplines. I got something out of doing that, so I decided I’d do something similar this year – not giving anything up but using the time to refocus on God. So, my challenge which I am setting myselfContinue reading “40 day challenge: An introduction”
Scattering the seed
There have been lots of changes for me recently. New job, new flat, and everything that goes with that. It was an overwhelming amount of change in one go. I felt a little lost and, if I’m being completely honest, a little inadequate in my new role. But I also had the privilege of seeingContinue reading “Scattering the seed”
Hunting for God: Final discipline – simplicity
Isn’t it strange how we can set out with the best of intentions and all the determination in the world and still get led astray? I set out to write a post a week while I explored some of the disciplines as written about by Jo Swinney and Richard Foster in their respective books (seeContinue reading “Hunting for God: Final discipline – simplicity”
Hunting for God: Solitude 2/2
Solitude is more a state of mind and heart than it is a place. Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline I had to start here, with this quote taken from Foster’s book. I had to share this revelation and discovery. Because just being alone and finding silence isn’t enough – that can just lead to loneliness,Continue reading “Hunting for God: Solitude 2/2”
Hunting for God: Solitude
And… we’re back! Well I am. Back to hunting for a deeper relationship through what are lovingly called Spiritual Disciplines. And I guess they are disciplines because they need self-discipline to properly explore them. But I think I may have said before that they shouldn’t be strict or harsh – then they become religious exercises.Continue reading “Hunting for God: Solitude”
God equips the called
I was going to tag this on to the last post but as I was writing I felt it was important enough to deserve it’s own page. 6 weeks without posting, then twice in one day! I have written before about how important my friends have been as I have learnt about having a relationshipContinue reading “God equips the called”
Hunting for God: Worship 4 (a little late!)
So, I’m back! Got the final week of exploring worship to write about, so I’ll start there. I had a really interesting conversation with a friend about what counts as a song of worship. There are a lot of Christian songs out there, but do they all count as worship songs? My friend made theContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship 4 (a little late!)”
Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3
Who knew that exploring the discipline of worship would be so challenging? Ok, to be fair the clue is in the word ‘discipline’, but it’s another of those things that people don’t really teach about. If you worship together with others, everyone just sort of does it. If you entered a church (pre-Covid) you wouldContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3”
Hunting for God: Worship week 1
What a time to explore what worship means while hunting for God! It’s the next discipline in Jo Swinney’s book, but current restrictions… Here’s how I understand it: Worship is an attitude of the heart of praising God and being humble in his presence. It is to be done alone and with others. However, haveContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship week 1”
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