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Looking back at a year of public leadership
But 16 inspiring public leaders, who are serving God in healthcare, law, filmmaking, the charity sector and other places in public life, responded to God’s prompting and decided to spend a year with us, to develop their leadership skills and dig deeper into God’s plans for them and their areas of…
God, the ultimate director
I grew up without a TV and barely any films. At the age of 11, the only films I had seen were The Sound of Music, Flipper, some cartoons, a couple of Dutch movies for children, and an incidental scene of Schindler’s List. It’s incredible the extent to which these films influenced my household. When…
Public leaders meet with representatives at Stormont
On the Monday, 3 December, the Parliament buildings at Stormont hosted Public Leader: Northern Ireland's participants. We got all dressed up and enjoyed a Christmas dinner and great craic with each other and with three of Northern Irelands MLAs. The second half of the evening saw the politicians…
Psalm 126
If the previous Psalm expressed patience in exile, this one focuses on restoration “When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.” The Psalmist looks back to God’s great acts of salvation in the past…
Advent reflection: Love
God is lovePretty simple reallyCos God gives us perfect love freelyPerfect love in the shape of a cross means my wrongs get crossed offHe gave up His crownCame down from above to do what we couldn’tThat’s gospel, good news, that is perfect loveBut to do life in Christ who paid our feeIs to do life…
Dai Woolridge
Advent reflection: Joy / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Llawenydd
‘Tis the season to be jolly’, say the words of the old song. In the misdt of the hussle and bussle of endeavouring to ‘get everything done’ for the big day, it’s easy to forget that Christmas is a festival of joy. But there is more to the joy of this festival than keeping a smiling face or making…
Menna Machreth
Advent reflection: Peace / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Tangnefedd
There is no doubt the world is in a state of disarray, pain and uncertainty. Every manmade system is starting to wobble – political, financial, social, relational, moral, name it. And statistics don’t lie: people in the world are far more unhappy than they have ever been. Suicide, depression,…
Christopher Vaz
Advent reflection: Jesus / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Iesu
Jesus was mighty in word and in deeds and knew why He had come to earth. Mark talks about Jesus, after He had healed many, going to a solitary place to pray. The disciples find Him and want Him to perform more miracles. But note His response: “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I…
Jos Edwards
Psalm 127
Psalm 127 begins where we all should: with God "building" and "guarding", not with ourselves and what we want to do. It starts with the call to be part of what God is already doing, not with what we do for God. This work of God involves both the local and personal ("the house") and the public and…
Promoting educational diversity
The parties have all made pledges relating to education and schools in their manifestos, but are these promises and commitments missing key issues at this election? Here are a few questions to help you think about some underlying issues, as well as to ask your candidates if you get the chance.
Labour, Rabbi Mirvis and fearlessly speaking out
For many watching the interview, having heard the critique of anti-Semitism by a wide range of Jewish groups, it might be hard to understand why Mr Corbyn did not apologise. Instead, he insisted on his own virtue in standing against racism and his willingness to talk to Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis to…
Danny Webster
Psalm 128
It’s sometimes harder to read Psalms about prosperity than those about suffering. While we can echo the Psalms of lament, recognising the suffering in the world, we sometimes struggle to affirm words like this verse above. Even if we are doing quite well, we know that others are not. When we read…
Psalm 129-130
During the first few weeks of this election campaign more than 300,000 people (two-thirds under 35s) registered to vote in the largest pre-deadline surge ever. This will include first-time voters, many of whom may have felt left out when they were just too young to vote in the Brexit referendum. In…
A different contest north of the border
Yes, this is the “Brexit election”. But here in Scotland, the question of independence is also very much in people’s minds as they think about how they will vote on 12thDecember.Brexit and IndependenceSince the 2014 independence referendum, the UK Government has devolved further powers to the…
Chris Ringland
May our shoulders be broad enough for others to climb
The event hosted by Rachael Heffer and Gavin Calver, with tributes from across the nations, through the generations and by the diverse cultures in the Evangelical Alliance. Throughout there was a consistent and resounding message of Steve’s commitment to ethnic unity. As people shared stories of…
Jo Frost
