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Pictures of our first long family train journey

Elijah won!

Apparently, mummy has promised we're all going to be doing this tomorrow evening. Mmmmmm....

Today was the first day of the Easter school holidays. Two weeks. What to do? Thankfully, one of the local churches has come to our rescue by providing a holiday club for two hours every day this week. So, this morning, we got the boys ready to go out but wanted to keep where they were going a surprise. Ezra started fishing for clues. "Does it have a door?" Er, yes.

I discovered Relevantmagazine.com last year and have really appreciated being able to pick up on the best of their articles, videos and stuff by following them on Twitter. If you have never visited their website, let me encourage you to do so - and this article is a good place to start: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/features/25194-have-christians-gotten-evangelism-wrong Written by Jake Kircher, it addresses the question of how we share our faith - his argument is that we know we should, but how? What particularly got my attention though was the last part of the article where he addresses the command of Jesus in Matthew 28 v19. I found his way of reading this refreshing and very challenging - much more so than trying any guilt trip about what I, or others, have been doing, or have not been doing. And the closing words of his article simply, yet profoundly, underline this too. Read the whole article - please do - but here are the two parts that most res...

Guess who likes chocolate mousse?!

I like these thoughts from Carson T. Clark and I recommend you read them and also visit his website! I particularly love the quote from Schaeffer which, when read in the light of the whole Rob Bell controversy, mirrors others who have said that we should never speak of hell without tears in our eyes: “What men find ugly is what they see in Christians who hold to the orthodox doctrine that men are lost, but show no signs of compassion… This is what causes men in our generation to be turned off by evangelicalism.” More from the original article here - http://carsontclark.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/francis-schaeffer-on-rob-bell/ Thanks Carson!

I spent time last week dipping into the book "Other Voices - Exploring the contemplative in Salvationist spirituality" and came across this quote from the Army's second general, Bramwell Booth - "The great hope of The Salvation Army is the people outside The Salvation Army, in short the disinherited, the deceived, the idolaters, the adulterers, the drunkards, the extortioners, the whole mass of ungoldy self-seekers. For these we must live. Love of souls is our very life blood." I was reminded of the words of a past Archbishop of Canterbury (who was also a Christian socialist), William Temple, who said - "The church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members" If we allow this reality to take deep root in our thinking, our worshipping, our praying, our preaching, our planning, our living, our budgeting, our being, our  very presence , how might (or how should) our priorities, our support structures, our programmes loo...

The Wright boys arriving home from school today

At bedtime tonight Elijah and I were talking about the day. I said to Elijah, "Thing is Elijah, I am still learning how to be a daddy." Elijah nodded with deep seriousness and sighed, "and I'm still learning how to be a teenager"!!!

At bedtime tonight Elijah and Daddy were talking about the day. Daddy said to Elijah, "Thing is Elijah, I am still learning how to be a daddy." Elijah nodded with deep seriousness and sighed, "and I'm still learning how to be a teenager"!!!

Been aware of the controversy surrounding the release of "Love Wins"? This brief review by Donald Miller settles it once and for all! My Review of Love Wins | Donald Miller's Blog