Just a quick heads up about a New Wine Worship Development programme I am helping lead. The first instalment is on 7-9 October, Stockport. ‘Hosted by Gareth Robinson, Ian Parkinson, Nicole Brown and the New Wine N&E Worship Team The idea is simple and proven: come together for a retreat, create a plan tailored to your context, return six months later to repo...

Here are some notes from a talk I gave to our team on our vision, to ‘know God and make him known’. I thought some of it could be useful to others? So here it is! CLOSER TO THE VISION – To know Him and make Him known. WHY VISION? You ask any CEO, managing director what the heartbeat of their organisation / company is, more often than not you will get the reply ‘vision...

I just want to point you towards this excellent book, not only because my friend (and associate vicar at my church) wrote it, but because it’s quality and a much needed book that smashes head on with probably the biggest idol of ‘The West’ – Consumerism. It’s opening my eyes further to the battle in my own life and is challenging the way I think and act, and theref...

Rob Bell: Love wins….? One of the hottest topics in the US at the moment (not just The Royal Wedding and what dress Kate will wear!) is Rob Bells’ book, ‘Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.’ The book has even made front page of the New York Times. Now after reading and hearing lots about this book (mostly hot air I must add!)...

As I read scripture, one the things I believe worship is about is the heart. Our relationship with God must be far more than just a theory, head knowledge or ‘right answers’ (Or duty for that matter). I came across an amazing statement in 2 Chronicles 25:2 about Amaziah – A king of Judah who reigned in Jerusalem for 29 years. 2′And he did what was right in the eyes of the L...

Revelation is a book that if I’m honest, completely melts my little brain! I have however, been really struck by a simple and striking model that heaven displays to us regarding corporate times of sung worship. In Rev 4:8, we discover that heaven is singing a simple refrain over and over. (more…)

I love Isaiah 6 ‘Isaiah’s vision of the Lord,’ I think it reveals to us a powerful model for corporate worship. REMEMBER Worship leads to remembrance: (more…)