We often use the language of church “planting” but the methodology of “building”. What would it look like to plant the gospel as seed and nurture whatever emerges rather than exporting mature ideas that may not survive in the environment and won’t contribute to the ecosystem.

Due to recent weather, the popular phrase and Stevie Wonder hit song has now been officially changed to “wetter than July” - your streaming service will update automatically so you don’t need to do anything just sit inside and mourn the summer #wetterthanjuly #raining

John Piper These kinds of question line the path to scrupulosity and religious OCD. Pietism is a heavy yoke. Perhaps "serious joy" is also.

Heartbreaking

This really does articulate so much about how I am trying to do ministry this time around…

Meet David. He's 12 years old, and he's a bad kid. He joined Year 7 in September. He constantly disrupts the learning of the majority of good kids in his classes. He's rude to school staff. Sometimes he's physically abusive. Often he doesn't go to lessons at all. 🧵👇

have any music friends had any success contacting Martin Guitar - I cannot get them to reply on email or instagram. I need an inexpensive part for an expensive guitar but despite the high-end nature of their brand I can't seem to contact them - any advice appreciated!

I wouldn't normally watch either of these individuals but I found their reminiscing about how they "miss religion" to be fascinating. Jimmy Carr On Men, Mental Health and Missing Religion youtu.be/v8mlrSIMhD8?si… via YouTube

“Secularism and Atheism are inconceivable without the Christian worldview.” Fascinating perspective from Tom Holland

'ALL IN' vs 'IN ALL' - When I first started leading in a church we often spoke about people being "ALL IN" but it results in centering church and the event and it can be exhausting. These days I prefer to encourage people to live with Christ 'IN ALL' areas of their life.

If this makes no sense to you please ignore! But, Anglicans, if you are a fan of BCP over CW, please give an example where you see BCP as clearer or more beautiful or CW as more clunky. It will help me greatly!