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Mission 2

Story 2

Birmingham at St Martins in the Bullring

In the late sixties I was living in Birmingham and trying very hard to have an effect on young people.  At that time we were running an event each Sunday night at my local church, it was attracting hundreds of youngsters including ‘rockers’ on their motor bikes, which did not make us particularly…

Tea, biscuits and rockers.

Mission1.

Story 1.

I am always puzzled by what people mean when they used the word mission. Do they mean sharing good news, or something…

To Sexy

The Questions

This is my first ever blog and I don't want it to appear negative but it is something which came from a discussion at a Bible Study last night.

Where do we draw the line? I've been on Facebook for a while now and it has

been great to meet up with old friends and make new…

Relationships 5 Tuesday Blog (The last in this 5 part series)

Relationships.

The Principal of Judgment

I am sure you must have often heard that frequently quoted phrase; ‘You mustn’t judge!’ When…

Relationships 4.

The Principal of First priority

We have talked about meetings and the reason for them. Now let’s now take a look at what I call the ‘principal of first priority’. What is the most important command for people who follow Jesus? We have discussed other commands, for example the…

Relationships 3.

The Principal of the collective

We have looked at the first principals of relationship, now we need to look at how that should work out in practice. Let us look more closely at the issue of collectivism, the coming together of the followers of Jesus. This…

Relationships 2

Principal in Action

We have established that being a Christian is not at all the same as being religious. How does that work out in practice, or at least how should it work?…

First Principals

When I was in college, one of my tasks was to write a thesis. I forget how many words it was, but I remember it was a lot! It is probably still gathering dust somewhere in my loft. My subject was ‘Man Qua Man is a Religious Being’. I won’t bore you

with the intricate details of my thesis, which was a very fat tome indeed. I

will just give you the fundamental and interesting…

Alternative.

It’s a sad fact of life, the majority opinion is not always correct. Not that I dislike democracy, I think it is probably the best way to be governed, and

greatly preferred to some very dark alternatives. Which is why I think a good democracy must

have laws and ways to protect the…

Blasphemy

I note from the Guardian that the Irish Doyle is suggesting that there should be, in Ireland, an extension of the blasphemy laws to include all offences to religion whatever they may be.

represent the rights of atheists, responded to the new law…

The problem of Morals.

For many years I was Chair of Governors for a large North London school. We would regularly receive directives from Government departments asking us to work hard to create

good citizens. Well educated ones of

course. I sympathised with their desires.…

THINKING....



Introduction:

When I first started a Christian school some 30 years ago I was part of a denomination. Having got the operation of the ground and very quickly some 160

children being educated with us, I was naive enough to believe that if I could

do this, lots of other would too. My thinking was that me who only has a Road

Safety colouring certificate can do this what could others who are clever…

What Value Refugees and Asylum Seekers.



It is amazing how much we misunderstand the process of refugees and asylum

seekers.



I work for a company called Phoenix Community Care, this is a not for profit

company that works with people in need. So we work with young people age 16 and

17 years old who are in the UK

but have no parents or guardians here. They actually come under…

Phoenix Academy, Base ‘6’, Beehive school and Nursery, Open Doors ESOL college banquet

.…

Cice worked with me in London in our Nursery and schools in North London, then she went and helped set up our school in Sri Lanka she spent many years there, now she is in Kenya helping to do the

same there working alongside our friend Sammy. I thought you might like to see

her news letter as we work together there. Here she is...…

BANQUET TIME

READY TO SERVE THE FOOD

The independent schools we run always hold an annual end of year banquet. This year…