We all like to play with sticky snow that makes snowballs, and lament wet snow that cannot hold together. Fuller Youth Institute has developed the theme of ‘sticky faith’ for young people. They’ve developed it because the church is losing young people when they leave, what has been referred to as, the goldfish bowl of church and are thrown into the open sea of the world – and their faith doesn’t stick. Read More »
Hear author @shaun_lambert reflect on themes of silence & absence in Jesus’ story for @BBCRadio4‘s Daily Service #FollowTheStar #InAp Read More »
I tried to hide my #anxiety from others, I chose silence over honesty. Is this what Jesus would have done? Read More »
Baptist minister and author Shaun Lambert believes that when watchfulness is practiced the effect not only transforms us to become more like Christ but enables us to proclaim the Kingdom and declare God’s will to the world around. He says when we do that, effectively we become prophets – both in the sense of forth-telling and … Read more …
…the book expands all of this in far more detail than I could do in the pulpit. However, conversations afterwards would suggest that some appetites have been whetted. Read More »
When we put on the Wakeful One we put on the mind of Christ; we are waking up from sleep; we are clothing ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ… Read More »
‘I get emails from Christians saying: “I suffer from recurrent depression, my doctor said I should try mindfulness, and somebody in the church has said I shouldn’t…’ Read More »
I hear from many Christians who have been taught to separate body, mind and soul – more than that, to be suspicious of the body, emotions and meditation. This is perhaps why Christian meditative prayer has been sidelined… Read More »
…we need to get up early and make contemplation the first thing we do. We won’t do that until we have tasted it and seen that it is good… Read More »
