The Greatest is Love

Church

Today is going to be the second week in a row that I’ve missed going to my local church on a Sunday.

I can tell the difference.

And I’m not going to be back there for another 2 Sundays.

I miss regular encouragement to point at Jesus, friendship, challenge, songs of worship, people.

It is so easy to be distracted from Jesus when we’re not surrounded by him working.

Get going. Get back. “The local church is the hope for the world”, and sometimes it is just the hope for the day.

So I’m singing this today

http://vimeo.com/16663435

And saying happy birthday.

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One family

We had a Dreams event on Monday night in Durham this week, the thing I shared was about Unity amongst churches, that in Durham we would be one church, that we would be know as ‘The Way’ and not be separated by theology or values. I got the people there, representing 4 churches, to sing Amazing Grace together, I loved it.

That’s the way I think it should be. One church. One family.

So partly because I like people in churches other than mine, more because I think it is part of God’s plan, I want to work towards collaboration, integration, friendship and family with other churches in Durham. Not from the top, I don’t lead my church, but grassroots faith, congregations, church members.

That’s one of the things www.dreamsforgod.com is about. Grassroots faith, unity of churches, recreating ‘The Way’ (Acts 9:2).

Are you in?

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Plastic Blag (via @andrewforsyth18)

My friend Foz (some people call him Andrew, I don’t know why) is an intern with Christian Aid. He is part of the Christian Aid Collective - that, in my book, is freaking sweet.

They publish a magazine every now and then called Do Not Tiptoe - this is also freaking sweet.

I was reading the second issue of Do Not Tiptoe and found some horrifying statistics about the way we live.

In 2011 we consumed 8 billion plastic bags. 60million (ish) of us, consumed 8 billionplastic bags. How?!. That is sick, extravagant and wrong (read why in the mag).

So here is what I’m going to do (with the 30+ bags we have in our bag bag) - I am never going to take a new plastic bag from a supermarket ever again.

If you see me with one, question where it came from - if I got it new, I’ll eat it.

That’s where I am going to start - maybe a t-shirt and good old fashioned campaigning might happen soon.

Peace and Love. 

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A @dreamsforgod post

Yesterday I was reading the second chapter in Blake Mycoskie (founder of TOMS)’s book ‘Start Something That Matters’. I love it.

In one little paragraph he sums up one of the major parts of what Dreams is about…

“Almost everyone has a passion for something, but sometimes we have trouble saying what it is. It is surprisingly easy to lose touch with our true passions-sometimes because we get distracted with everyday living; sometimes simply because in the usual stream of small talk or transact able business, no one ever asks us about our Dreams”

That does it for me.

What’s your Dream for 2013? What’s your passion for the people around you?

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