One of my observations is that those who seem to particularly have a prophetic gift in church often have a particular sensitivity to others and what is going on around them. It seems that the spiritual gift particularly aligns with the more natural, common grace gifting of sensitivity, intuition and emotional insight. It also strikes… Continue reading The prophet with a thorn in their side: prophecy, preaching and pastoring with depression
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My burden as well?
When we were little, my mum used to read Jungle Doctor stories to us. These were a collection of stories that a missionary had told to help communicate the Gospel and were later put into book form. The stories were allegorical tales about the different animals. In one story, Antelope comes across Monkey. Young monkey… Continue reading My burden as well?
The good shepherd carries me
You are probably familiar with that old little poem, a favourite of greeting cards, bookmarks and fridge magnets. It talks about two sets of footprints across the sand. The speaker though spots moments when there is only a single track and complains that at the point when life seemed hardest, it looked like Jesus had… Continue reading The good shepherd carries me
#Coronavirus – why do the rules have to be so strict?
You are driving down the street and you see one of those road signs, it has a red outer circle and on the inside it says 30. What does the sign mean? That’s obvious isn’t it? It means you could probably get away with driving at 40 miles per hour! There is something about our… Continue reading #Coronavirus – why do the rules have to be so strict?
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