I received today an email giving the details of my interview by the Methodists. It’s at 12:30 on Wednesday 10th June in London. I have had to let the prison know what the situation is and the reasons why. I hope they understand that it’s not a response to anything within the walls.
I have also [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Pending interview
Posted in Armed Forces, Chaplaincy, Personal, Prison, Royal Air Force, War, tagged Chaplaincy, RAF on Saturday, May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chaplains serving in the Armed Forces
Posted in Armed Forces, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Conflict, Empire, Ethics, Institutionalism, Integrity, Love, Politics, Royal Air Force, Theology, Violence, War, tagged Chaplaincy, Christian, Conflict, Ethic, Theology, War on Saturday, May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As you may be aware, I am attempting to return to the RAF after leaving 20 years ago, but this time as Chaplain. At the moment I am part way through reading Stuart Murray’s ‘Post Christendom’ and have found it a good read.
Murray comes from an Anabaptist position, and is therefore very opposed to Christianity [...]
Trying out a new-to-me browser… Flock
Posted in Personal, tagged Browser, Flock, Personal on Friday, May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I go through fits and starts when it comes to browsers, but today I decided that I would give Flock a go. It is based on Firefox and comes with several plug-ins installed as standard. One of the main reasons was because of the ability to link easily with Twitter, my blog, email account and [...]
Imposing Christians
Posted in Christianity, Church, Culture, Evangelical, Evangelism, Preaching, Proclamation on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from an excellent blog Words and Exploring at http://expressandperspective.blogspot.com/2009/05/imposing-christians.html
Romans 14:22-23 (The Message)
Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don’t impose it on others. You’re fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent. But if you’re not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe—some days trying [...]
Church Growth = Life of the Church?
Posted in Christianity, Consumer, Culture, Deception, Evangelism, Integrity, Preaching, Proclamation, Theology on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below article was found on a Blog called ‘Next Reformation’ and it certainly connected with my views on how we Nazarenes in the UK. We are so desperate to see something positive happen in our churches, for numbers to increase and seemingly to battle against consumerism from the pulpit, and yet buy into it [...]
On this day…
Posted in History on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1787: The ‘First Fleet’ carrying convicts sets sail for Australia, where it will set up the first penal colony.
1830: Simon Bolivar, the ‘Liberator’, who won independence for much of South America from Spain, dies.
1943: The Allies secure victory in North Africa with the surrender of 250,000 German and Italian troops.
The Dead Sea…
Posted in Fact, Israel on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Dead Sea is the largest natural spa on the planet. Local treatments are said to be effective against rheumatism, asthma, cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, dermatitis and diseases of the heart, eyes and lungs.The Dead Sea enjoys 330 days of sunshine a year. It is the only place in the world where you can sunbathe successfully [...]
Terry Connor – former team mate
Posted in Personal on Monday, May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just letting you know, my old mate Terry received his medal for being the 1st team coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers following their promotion to the English Premier League.
Previous linked post at http://aavey.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/ex-team-mate-doing-ok/
Well done Terry!
The next few months… could be more…
Posted in Chaplaincy, Personal, Prayer, Prison, Royal Air Force on Sunday, May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life is interesting as a Prison Chaplain, more so at the prison where I am the Free Church Chaplain. Our full-time Anglican Minister leaves to pastures new on the 14th, and our Full-time RC is currently laid up in hospital after having a hip replacement operation. That leaves one other full-time Chaplain, our Muslim Chaplain [...]
