Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com We just wanted to say a huge "thank you" to everyone who has read and engaged with our blog over the years. The Barnabas has been a framing narrative for Hope Springs Church Coventry and it seems appropriate that with the last series, Being Barnabas, we now take a … Continue reading Pause
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com We need Jesus! It’s Holy Week, the period between the triumphal entry into Jerusalem by Jesus and His crucifixion. In such a short time the crowds have gone from singing His praises to baying for His blood. This just illustrates the fickleness at the heart of humanity that languishes … Continue reading Being Barnabas: Means Being You
Packing for Holidays! We’re going away on holiday very soon. Susie, my wife, begins the preparation of bags, thinking about what we need and getting things ready for a holiday well in advance, with our home often having bags appear in everyone's room multiple weeks ahead of us actually going away. With seven of us … Continue reading Just a Thought: Are you Prepared?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, EVEN DEATH ON A CROSS. Philippians 2:5-11 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, … Continue reading Just a Thought: Even Death on a Cross
Risk-taking is a heart attitude Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at what it means to 'Be Barnabas', and how when we look at the life of Barnabas, as someone who is following Jesus, we see someone who was all in and someone who takes risks. Both those actions reveal the heart of … Continue reading Being Barnabas: Means Trusting God
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Heart Cry One of my favourite albums in my early 20’s was United We Stand by Hillsong United. It was packed with songs that I found both then and now, really helpful to draw my attention to Jesus and worship! There was a song on that album called ‘From … Continue reading Just a Thought: Living Inside Out
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Numbers is a slog As part of a communal Rule of Life, we've tried to promote Bible Reading as a group practice. For the second time, we're endeavouring to read through the entire Bible in a year. I love reading through the entire Bible and I love reading as part … Continue reading Just a Thought: God meets us where we’re at
Photo by erdinu00e7 ersoy on Pexels.com Being all in Last week I shared about the history of us attempting to be a Barnabas community, and how like Barnabas, this has required us to be ‘all in’. Barnabas was all in, with his money, with his reputation/status and with how he was with people. This is … Continue reading Being Barnabas: means taking Risks
Photo by Joel Riquelme on Pexels.com The Journey so far… Almost exactly 5 years ago, in January 2019, we published our first blog about what it meant for us to be ‘a Barnabas Community’. We had begun talking about the characteristics revealed in the person of Barnabas around the middle of 2018, inspired by a … Continue reading Being Barnabas: means being all in
Photo by Bruno Scramgnon on Pexels.com Fruitfulness, not Productivity To conclude this Rule of Life topic on the practices of Silence & Solitude, we’re going to look at encountering God. After all, this is what it is all about, engaging with Jesus. Otherwise, they’re just mindfulness techniques, and productivity boosters with a Christian veneer. The … Continue reading Silence & Solitude: Encountering God
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