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The Big Hearted Tour is over

  The Big Hearted Tour is over and I feel like I’ve just got started! Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t twiddled my thumbs for 12 months wondering what to do. This year has been jam-packed as I have visited … Continue reading

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Big hearted tour ploughs through the snow in Yorkshire

Picture the scene: I’m chomping into a hearty breakfast on a motorway services on the A1 early Friday morning with my friend Matt Wild who heads up a project in Peterborough… then the phone rings. Jane Day regional minister for … Continue reading

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The Invisible Church

This article first appeared in Missionscene. ——————————————— Have you heard the story of the group of mums who were surprised to discover that the parents and toddlers group they had enjoyed for years, actually met in a local Baptist church building and … Continue reading

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Expect Great Things From God

This article first appeared on the Baptist Union web site which you can see here. I was invited to answer questions in my children’s school yesterday on why I am a Baptist minister and what it is like serving as … Continue reading

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You can do it!

This article first appeared in Baptist Life. October- December edition. You can see the original here. Whenever one of my three children faces a challenge the other two start a kind of chant which I join: ‘You can do it, you can do … Continue reading

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Don’t talk to strangers!

Billy* didn’t believe me that I was a Baptist minister, returning from Dundee where I had spoken at the Baptist Assembly in Scotland. “You’re no *&%$£ vicar! You’re having a *%$£ laugh!” he declared loudly for the benefit of the … Continue reading

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If there ever is a picture that epitomises the desperate need for evangelism, it is this…

So, I’m on the Big Hearted Tour on the South Coast. It’s been a good full on couple of days so far mixed with speaking and training engagements as well as a healthy dose of getting out into the communities … Continue reading

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