An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Earlier this year my wife Amy and I kicked off the third term of teaching in our local church’s theology-based evening service. For a variety of reasons, we decided to focus this term’s sessions on Pneumatology – the person and … Continued
This is the second ‘substantive’ post in my new(ish, on and off) mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. This was the opening … Continued
After 30 years of church planting and worship-album-making (most recently the excellent TWELVE: ONE), as well as producing both printed and digital resources for their own churches, it has been great to see the Vineyard in the UK and Ireland … Continued
Perhaps it is because I’m allegedly a millennial, or perhaps it is because most places I go I have wifi, or because I already own most of what Coldplay and U2 have written, but I haven’t bought an album for … Continued
Following the opportunity to explore what it might mean to do theology in the local church, Amy and I have just finished two terms of trying to facilitate and lead some worthwhile conversations. The first term involved gathering questions and … Continued
The Vineyard UK National Leaders conference opened with a video. Stories. History. Words. Hope. This little video was a reflection, perhaps prophetic, on 1 Kings 18 and the ministry of Isaiah. These words, verses 18-46, are a powerful invitation to … Continued
Whilst you might be bored of my reading recommendations – having just shared my Top Ten Books of 2018, and indeed a brief summary of everything I read last year, I’m still trying to read more broadly and widely. So, … Continued
I blogged earlier this year about a new Vineyard podcast, made by some friends of mine, called ‘The Vineyardists’. They’ve finally released the 6th episode, ‘The Bible and it’s Interpretation’. This is a great episode, that anyone in the Vineyard who … Continued
From time to time I’m fortunate to be in spaces and places that I find simultaneously very enjoyably and utterly terrifying. Other times, I find myself at academic theological conferences, of various kinds, presenting papers. I’m keen to keep my … Continued
As someone who has been in the Vineyard movement for a reasonably large chunk of my adult life, but who missed out on the early years and founding fathers like Kenn Gulliksen and John Wimber, I am interested in the … Continued
