God created the universe and He made man in his own image……. this is mind blowing! Therefore may I suggest that we think outside of the box and focus on how each one of us could be more creative this week. This may be with our hands such as photography or gardening, Churchill relaxed by […]
Author: Eddie James
Jesus instructed us to ‘Go and make disciples’… This was not an option, it was a command. He then went on to say ‘And I will be with you’, in other words He will be walking alongside us in this activity. The men and women who taught me mountaineering did not give me a lecture, […]
A day arrives in the life of the baby eagle when he is fledged and ready for take off from the nest that has been a safe haven. He must take this risk and learn to fly or he will starve. His parents will soon stop feeding him and he must also to learn to […]
I love chilling out in the mountains and relaxing with God. So when both activities happen at the same time I am in my element! God seems to be asking me to relax with him more and more. I just sit down and enjoy his company, praise him for his creation and even share a […]
In 2011, 60% of the world’s 1 billion ‘extremely poor people’ lived in 5 countries- India, Nigeria, China, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This statistic indicates that ‘trickle down’ is not a very effective agent of economic development! From my own experience of working in the developing world as a civil engineer I […]
A Roman soldier saw a beggar by the roadside on a cold day, the soldier split his cloak in two with his sword, and gave half the cloak to the beggar. The soldier became the first `chaplain` as this was the word for cloak. Today we have chaplains in the military, in hospitals, in universities, […]
Jesus said,”Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies it produces many seeds.” He said this a few days before he died. Crucifixion was no soft option. Nor does he offer us an easy path. Jesus challenges us to complete commitment to […]
Is your 2015 diary already a bit too full or do you just live in the present? We all have our own time management styles and, yes, planning is necessary. But don’t let your diaries turn into a straitjacket Then we shall be freer to focus on “random acts of kindness”. Those small gifts cost […]
According to a recent article in the Guardian, being lonely is a higher risk factor for heart desease and stroke than being obese and smoking. As far as the local church is concerned, we need to encourage it to look out for lonely senior men in residential homes and in their own homes and just […]
The fastest growing churches are the ones without ‘walls’, the New Testament church, the persecuted underground church in China, the Pentecostal church in South America and parts of Africa. They have no buildings, no institutions, no professional leadership, but they have the body of Christ involved in all spheres of life. In Africa I have […]
