I was honoured to recently become patron of Hospice23, a charity that aims to support those who work in palliative and end of life care, through residential conferences, study days and retreats. Hospice23 is a charity that recognises an ever-growing need to provide excellent learning opportunities alongside space for personal reflection and restoration, and so […]
As worship leaders we live in pretty fortunate times: not only do we have hundreds – OK, thousands – of years of songs and hymns to draw on for our church worship; not only are there more worship songs being written now than in the history of the church; but we also have instant access […]
PREPARING TO WORSHIP Worship has been described as the highest calling and privilege in the Christian’s life. When we come together it is an opportunity to celebrate all that God is and all He has done for us. It’s an opportunity to deepen our relationship with Him and one another, to experience His love afresh, […]
It’s been a really enjoyable summer, starting with a great week at the Keswick Convention and then some fun family time in France. It starts getting busy again now though, including a trip to Australia in October and some solo gigs in the north-east and north-west of England after that. It’s also a time to […]
Well, it’s finally here – the project that began for me in January with a few ideas scribbled down in notebooks and hastily recorded on iPhone, has now miraculously turned into the CD in my hand. It’s been a fantastic experience: the process of co-writing with a whole range of people (many for the first […]
NOTE: This meditation originally appeared in Scripture Union’s “Closer To God” daily Bible reading series. READ Luke 1:26-56 EXPLORE Another life is going to be turned upside down by the unexpected intervention of God: not in the ornate, reverent surroundings of the spiritual heart of the nation’s capital this time, but in a small, unimportant […]