Today I listened to Terry Virgo preaching at Emmanuel Church in Brighton on grace online. It stirred my heart to hear this message once again. The grace message is a message that I have to keep coming back to in order to live in the good of the wonderful thing that Jesus has done for us. If there is one thing that grace gives us it is HOPE, and a hope that is not dependent on circumstances. Terry’s Message I... Read more
After a turbulent five years in many areas of my life, God has been suddenly remarkably leading me in the last few months. Following a string of God-incidences, remarkable interventions, deliverances, and him dramatically dropping new people into my life, I am on the move to a new city – Colchester. Or at least I will be if the conveyancing goes through the way I trust it will. Prayers are appreciated for that and all the challenges of any move.... Read more
How to share one another’s burdens without carrying them Some call it compassion fatigue. The Human body is not meant to carry the burdens of the whole world. One of the effects of the pandemic and Ukraine war has been to make many of us feel unable to really care any more about the fate of others. There is a resultant numbness towards others and we find it difficult to either watch the news or talk to someone close... Read more
I’m trying to reboot my blogging a bit as mental energy allows. Some personal matters are also taking a lot of time when my thinking is clear enough to do anything. But I would love to hear from some of you. Tell me what kind of posts have you enjoyed from me before? When I do have energy and time to write again what would you like to hear more of? It would be really nice to hear from some... Read more
Whatever your faith background I strongly recommend you put aside some time to listen to this remarkable meeting of two of the greatest minds of our time. This will surely become one of the most respected and widely listened to episodes of Justin Brierley’s Unbelievable? You can watch the video right here or listen at the link below. Richard Dawkins & Francis Collins ~ Biology, Belief and Covid There is much more light than heat in this conversation and it is... Read more
I have resisted the urge to jump into the furore over what happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock. On the one hand I didn’t want to defend violence, because to smack someone in the mouth is never the answer. But on the other hand I didn’t like the way many peoole were roundeing on Will and cancelling him. Labelling him as no good and somehow undoing all his other contributions to society. It’s as though we’ve got to the... Read more
Recent events in my own life have shown me once again that God’s ways are not our ways. I have been disappointed at delays, detours from my carefully thought up plans, and wondered what was going on. I even felt despair and desolation at points. Gods timing isn’t our timing as Moses found out when using his heavenly sat nav. pic.twitter.com/asHAkhSkXa — Adrian Warnock (@adrianwarnock) May 14, 2022 But at the right time God intervened and it suddenly became clear... Read more
For decades Joni Eareckson Tada has been sharing the hope of Jesus from her wheelchair. She is honest, raw, but full of peace and joy. In this short clip she offers a perspective on how to cope when life feels unbearable. Read more
Another year has passed. Today is the anniversary, not of my actual diagnosis with blood cancer (that came 22 long days later), but rather the day I became a sick person. I think of that day as something of a “Sliding Door” Moment for those who remember a movie from the 1990s. I often wonder what my life would have been like if that day had just been like any other ordinary day of commuting to work instead of my... Read more
There is an often forgotten marginalised group of people of whom I am a member. You might spot one of them glancing around at other people nervous, as they move about somewhere, now the only one wearing a mask. They are likely to get exceptionally nervous if someone approaches them closely, or insist on talking to them close to their face. They might talk to a shop worker whilst standing in an open doorway of a shop to make an... Read more
