There's always a dilemma on holiday, or on a long work trip: do I go to church? There are many reasons why it's hard; I might just want to rest, or feel I need a break, or I can't easily travel to one. As almost every church group is now listed on...
On Saturday we had a Music Ministry Training Day at church. This was our name for the Twist Conference that a team from St.Ebbe's Oxford runs every so often. We had about 40 attend from several churches around town. It was led by Philip Percival (...
The St.Ebbe's group covered the following songs, which were new to most people: Come people of the risen king [Stuart Townend] - video of recording Come hear the angels sing (Hear the heaven's shout) [Michael Morrow, 2006] - music scores Nothing b...
From Rev. Chris' blog: ... Jesus came to announce the end of religion (humanity's attempt to find God) and the arrival of love (God's attempt to find us). And loves means reserving judgment, walking in humility and being very long on compassion, w...
The best session at New Wine 09 for me this year was led by Dan Browne. No, not the author Dan Brown, but a mid-30s guy who's been leading humanitarian work in Afghanistan for the last 8 years. He's deliberately bringing a Christian presence into ...
(Drawn from Maggi Dawn's blog) 40 years on from the first manned moon landing Commander 'Buzz' Aldrin remembers a little-known event: It was interesting for me to think: the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the very first food eaten ...
Stuart Townend is one of the UK's leading song and hymn-writers. So I was intrigued to see what he had to say when interviewed by Cross Rhythms. (In the intro CR points out that 14 of the current most used 500 songs and hymns were written or co-wr...