Archive for June, 2004

Church of Fools

Monday, June 21st, 2004

I’ve just finished writing this article for the Church of the Good Shepherd magazine:
When Jesus was asked what we must do to inherit eternal life he replied that we must love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind, and love our neighbour as our self. The expert in the […]

Binary

Thursday, June 10th, 2004

I saw this quotation on the Evrsoft forum:
There are 10 kinds of people; those who understand binary, and those who don’t.

Lent 3 - Gareth 0

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

I seem to have given up health for Lent. Since returning from the USA in February I have been struck down with one plague after another. I’m getting a little tired of it, not to mention a little tired.
I returned to work this morning, I am still quite exhausted, but was delighted to be […]

Prayer Lab

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

One of the things I really want to focus on during these last three or four weeks until Easter is prayer.

“I have called you friends…”

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

I’ve begun reading a book that my colleague Tim gave me for Christmas, I Have Called You Friends… by Kevin L. Thew Forrester. The main thrust of the book is about ‘mutual ministry’: ministry and baptism are different sides of the same coin.
In the book Kevin argues that Church is not a place […]

Our potential

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

A friend of mine, Paula, sent me this last week. Powerful stuff:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, […]