Are we communicating and speaking the same language on a day to day basis to the people we meet? A good starting point for thinking about spreading the gospel. With a friend a few years ago we stared to have a coffee and share about how to operate an iPaq. From this evolved a Churches […]
Category: 50 Plus
I was thinking about the lives of John Lennon and Vladimir Lenin recently when I came across a trivia quiz where you have to decide if a given quote was said by Lennon or Lenin. Here’s a couple of examples: “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” “There are decades when nothing […]
“Praying” and “dangerous” are not two words that most people would put together in today’s world and even in many churches. To some it may even seem a contradiction. Give me a minute or two of your time and I will explain. I first came to the Lord 15 years ago when my youngest son […]
“Time is on my side,” said Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in 1964. I wonder if at age 70 Jagger is still singing it? As young men we all think time is on our side, not just in relationships but in life itself. Life is there before us full of opportunities. “The world is […]
‘What are you here for?’ or ‘How do you imagine God?’ are the possible open- ended questions that my ‘spiritual director’ asks me. I have been going to see him about three times a year for about five years. I always leave him challenged and encouraged. Sometimes the challenges are very practical such as ‘How […]
We are living in exciting times, a period of volatile, rapid and even discontinuous change. I think that I can safely say that we 50 plus guys have seen more changes in our lifetimes than our dads and their dads did. Our churches can change either because they have to in order to survive or […]
Col 1 :29 ‘It is he (Jesus ) whom we proclaim, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom , so that we might present everyone mature in Christ.’ Many of us would be quick to say an ‘amen’ to this as it reflects Jesus own words in the great commission “teaching them to obey everything […]
New Year, new beginnings! It is not uncommon that some time between 35 and 55 there comes a point when the search for success gives way to the search for significance. Whether climbing the corporate ladder has proved exhausting, fruitless, pointless or successful and rewarding; or the rung you were standing on has been cut […]
Over the years the methods of communicating messages are always changing. With a clear vision so that we know where we stand, and what we stand for we need to pass it on. Then I thought where have all the fax’s gone? It was for a season and we hardly use them now. It’s the […]
I have been a fan of Nottingham forest for many years now. In the past, the glory days, I saw them (under the management of Brian Clough) win two European cups and a league championship. I bought the team strip and wore it proudly, sang the team songs on the terraces and for many years […]
