On my knees on the grey carpet of the living room, I felt dizzy as I read of the closure of Exodus, the peak ex-gay body in the world, with the chairman saying that 99.99% of people had not been helped. At that point I made up my mind to find out for myself, in […]
Being ourselves, Evangelism explosion, and Sally Smith
I wanted to write really briefly about evangelism and how my understanding of it has gradually changed – or rather, dropped into place, over the last few years. For much of my Christian life, evangelism has been something that hadn’t been done unless you felt horribly embarrassed and somehow violated after the experience. And having […]
When the person beside us disappears, do we show we care?
When the person beside us disappears, do we care? I’ve been thinking recently, as I do periodically – how is that we let people disappear without protest? What is it that makes it such that the majority of us will do absolutely nothing when someone disappears? There are times that I’ve disappeared from church and […]
Church is Changing Fast – Can We Keep Up?
If you’re currently in the church, you’re unlikely to have escaped at least some sense in recent years that our implementation and concept of Church is in the process of radical change. I think this change is going to happen whether we want it to or not, and it’s critical to understand the mechanics of […]