At a recent Bath YFC team meeting Dave Joyce, was asked to lead a discussion. He shared the idea of a plane journey as a picture of youth work and invited us to discuss it. As the conversation went to and fro and comments generated further comment and so on, I sat there unable to get [...]
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Turbulence
Posted in Incarnation, Young people, Youth work on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How the other half live…
Posted in Big Society, Commitment, Incarnation, Sacrifice on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How the other half live, shown on Channel 4 offers viewers, a normally quite touching journey for two families as their worlds collide and those with the money help those without the money. For the majority of viewers it offers a voyeuristic journey into two worlds. One, which perhaps we think we would like, the other, from which we [...]
Forgotten treasure
Posted in Incarnation on May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In my lounge there is a family heirloom. It is a picture of a French city painted by my Great Great Uncle who had his own Tate exhibition. I rarely look it at it. I am more likely, to be in the chasing children around the lounge, with no time to gaze at this piece of [...]
The weakness of God
Posted in Incarnation, Sacrifice on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The incarnation has been on my mind lately. It has been raising questions, challenging and nagging me. God becomes a man. God incarnate. God puts himself in a situation that means he takes the form of a weak human being. It’s that idea of God making himself weak that strikes me, shocks me, scares me!
