The power of blessing
One day I had a revelation: When Jesus blessed the children, they were blessed! Okay, I know that sounds obvious, but bear with me a...
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Lord do it again (part 1)
An Outpouring of Repentance Lord, Do it again! I love hearing about what happened when the Holy Spirit is poured out on all generations....
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A Stupid Question?
Every so often you get knocked sideways by a question you aren’t expecting. This happened to me recently when on the phone to the NHS...
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Fighting for Family
Yesterday I was listening to a discussion on the radio about children's mental health and how many young people are struggling at this...
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Why I struggle with Child-Centric ministry
Over the past decades there has been a definitive move towards child-centred ministry. The Cambridge dictionary defines Child-Centred as...
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Facilitating the connecting of generations
This is our third blog in the series looking at the important role of the most senior members of the church. In the first blog,...
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For the grandparents
In this second article on the senior members of church we are going to focus in on this issue from the perspective of grandparents (and...
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Championing the seniors
This week I have had three separate discussions about the importance of the oldest generation of church in raising the next generation to...
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The greatest testimony I every heard
One of my friends stood in front of the church to share his testimony. As he began to share a few of us were sat together and our jaws...
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Four things
So recently I have been thinking about the things we should be intentional about sharing with our children. If you were to choose four...
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Prayer is on!
A few decades back there was a significant move of the Holy Spirit to call children to pray. Daniel groups linked with YWAM met regularly...
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Are you teaching your children to watch?
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” Watch. This one word...
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Cuties
Reader's warning: Some readers may find the contents of this article disturbing. I want to put something on record. I am disgusted by the...
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Spiritual Vocabulary
‘Pass me the thingamajig.’ ‘I am feeling something, but can’t put it into words.’ ‘We should all respond by doing something!’ (What does...
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Imagine life if we could only mix with 6 friends.
The rule of 6 Imagine life if we could only mix with 6 friends. Here in the UK, this doesn’t require much imagination with current...
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Helping children process lockdown
Big events require big monuments (or mementos). When you spend lots of money to go on the holiday of a lifetime or see the concert you...
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Connecting in lockdown
How can we make the most of this time so that the children and young people in our church don’t just listen to the content we put out,...
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This is not fiction: Children have been banned from church.
‘Children are not allowed to go to church.’ ‘Children are not allowed to hear the Gospel.’ ‘Parents cannot share their faith even with...
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The Catastrophization of our Children
‘We’re all going to die!' Our children are growing up in a world where it seems like there is no good news for their future. There is...
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Nurturing Faith ( 3 of 3) – Growing young leaders
Children can be leaders. Children should be leaders. Children who follow Jesus will find themselves leading others. I have seen this...
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