Yesterday I shared a seasonal piece of music that I love and which I find helps point me to God (which is the point of these 40 posts…). It was a long work, and quite intense. Today, I heard another piece of music that is important to me. It’s much shorter and much simpler, butContinue reading “40 day challenge day 13: Hands wide open”
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40 day challenge day 3: Worthy of it all
Forgive me, this is a short post, possibly a bit of random rambling. I’m not feeling 100%, so I’m just sharing a moment when I met God today. I had an interesting kind of day today. It involved preparing for an event that we have subsequently had to cancel. But while I was merrily paintingContinue reading “40 day challenge day 3: Worthy of it all”
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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