Neil’s Hopes & Dreams for 2012 [#HD12]
My hopes & dreams, and also some challenges, for 2012.
My hopes & dreams, and also some challenges, for 2012.
By now, I’m sure many of you will have seen news about the Occupy London Stock Exchange protests that started this weekend. I’m not going to get into the rights and wrongs of capitalism here, but I just thought I’d share a couple of things with you that really grabbed my attention.
A very powerful video looking at the Kingdom of God, and how it fits into the reality of our day to day lives.
Firstly, Muslims defended Coptic Christians as they celebrated Coptic Christmas.
Then yesterday it emerged that Christians had been defending Muslims as they prayed in Tahrir Square, leading to this powerful image.
Matthew Paul Turner wrote a letter about questions for God, which was then made into the following video. It’s an incredibly honest look at the subject…
I recently came across this short video from TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). Although it’s a talk from ‘secular’ society, I think it has a very powerful message for the church too. We need to work together as a body if we want to see a movement start up.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to walk a couple through their wedding day. They were getting married down south, and wanted to stay ahead of the game with what was going to happen on the day. So for two evenings I took them over to the church and went through the ceremony. These…
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A man dies and meets Peter at the Pearly Gates. Peter says to the man, “Here’s how it works. You need to have one hundred points to get into heaven. You tell me about all the good things you’ve done. They are all worth a certain number of points. If your total is one hundred…
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With the summer holidays fast approaching, you may find the text below of interest. It’s from an article published on the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity website, which looks at the biblical view on holidays. Historically, holiday seasons have come about as a result of workers resting from the demands of agricultural labour, or a…
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(originally aired on BBC Radio Manchester, 13th June 2010) I think I first heard it last Saturday outside Tesco in Prestwich. Three lads messing about making a real racket. I think they’d just bought The Sun and got 3 free plastic horns. And so, reasonably enough, they were trying them out. It sounded fairly horrible.…
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Prayer’s something lost of us need to practice a bit harder! We can be sure that God hears, it’s just that we are not always certain what to ask. I came across an article that I found helpful. It suggests that: Sometimes we ask God to change our circumstances—heal the sick, give us daily…
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How do we engage with elections and politics as Christians? What does the Bible say about politics? How should we pray about elections?
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