Tag Archives: God

Beautiful Things

Once again I headed for Woodvale this summer co-leading the team with Jude and once again I set high expectations, which were completely blown away by the end of the week. I arrived feeling like I hadn’t done very much in the build-up to the team, but instantly felt comfortable and knew that things would work out. A big part … Continue reading

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“Used To Believe In God…”

Found this pretty interesting blog post over at supersimbo. In it Ricky Gervais admits he is now an atheist but opens up about his past and how he was brought up by his mother to believe in God thinking that it would keep him out of trouble … Continue reading

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Looking Upward & Hoping

Last night I had the privilege of spending some time and sharing some thoughts with a group of teenagers at a friend’s youth fellowship group in Larne. My topic for the evening was prayer and how effective it’s been for me and the changes that I’ve seen through it but as I spoke I felt the need to flip the topic on it’s head and try to explain what happens when your prayers don’t seem to be working at all … Continue reading

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The Hamster Wheel Effect

I’m not sure if you’ve ever had the experience where you’ve been somewhere and someone is speaking to an entire audience but as you listen to their words you forget about every other person in the audience and think that this is being aimed entirely and directly at you. Tonight was one of those nights for me in church … Continue reading

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Lost In Wonder

So I’m still recovering from what was almost certainly the best week of any summer team … ever! I know that’s a pretty sweeping statement but this was the year that the breakthrough was made by God in Woodvale … Continue reading

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