Lesson 9 - Please…
The page turns, the keys will be handed back, the past will be celebrated, and a leadership baton will be passed; my final words in this blog series are a simple appeal to anyone who cares to read them…
Lesson 8 - Sorry…
I’ve messed up. We’ve messed up. We’ve too often pursued things in our own strength and not God’s, and for sure over the last twenty five years we have got many things wrong. So many…. This is ‘sorry’.
Lesson 7 - Thank you…
As impressive as some leaders may try to appear, followers change the world. The real fruit comes when great people consciously invest minds, hearts, prayers and finance into the embodied vision a leader casts….
Lesson 6 - Faith in strong?
We too often want and expect our leaders to be continuously demonstrating strength; to never wobble, display fortitude, live continuously reassured…
Lesson 5 - This is temporary…
In the burnt-out ruins of Coventry Old Cathedral is a Bishop’s stall, hand-carved generations ago for leaders who had huge influence and power, people who now are all but forgotten. The seat out-lives the sitter…
Lesson 4 - No pain, no grain
The leaders I respect the most have character that shines through; I don’t mean personality. Or stage presence. Or the ability to wow a crowd or a social media following. I mean they have grain.
Lesson 3 - Honour me…
We ‘honour’ great orators, celebrate celebrity pastors, cheer church planters. I think I understand some of the ideas behind it, yet I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t drawn to the applause myself…
Lesson 2 - Inadequate prerequisite
The first answer was, ‘No.’
In 1998 when we were asked to take on the leadership of Watford Community Church nothing in us felt up to the task; we were given just three days to give our real answer…
Lesson 1 - The Page Turner
Here we are: Helen and I announced to our church family (and anyone else who’s interested) that we’ll be handing over all our senior leadership responsibilities within Wellspring Church this Autumn. It feels epic, momentous.
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Charis Tiwala: There is always hope
Hear from a Charis Team member a bit about their story and the work they do to support those affected by the sex industry
Dignify: Thermometer or thermostat?
Helen shares on Dignify’s vision to change the conversation around healthy relationships and porn, not just report on it
New Hope: Rapid Response
Hear about New Hope’s Rapid Response, placing people in emergency accommodation so they don’t have to sleep on the streets
New Hope: Testimony of transformation
Read a powerful testimony of transformation from one of New Hope’s service users
One YMCA: Journey to a Fuller Life
One YMCA’s Journey to a Fuller Life is bringing freedom and hope to people in our town. Hear first hand what amazing things are happening
Stronger Faith through Temptations
Jesus was incredibly hungry; after 40 days alone and without food he’d reached the limits of what his human body could endure…
How Strong Is Your Faith?
Sorting through a suitcase of papers, I came across this illustration, about how a stronger faith in God is about a growing trust in and experience of God’s strength.
Hope Delivered!
That exciting feeling of wondering what's in them, and you open one and… what did you get? But every year, after a while, life starts to settle back into the ordinary, just like it had been before Christmas.
A Confident Hope
Have you ever found your hope for your prayers to be answered feels somewhat more fluctuating than assured?
The New You
As we walked inside the Cathedral she took on a new persona, she told me she was now the Queen! So, at every grand hallway she held her dress and walked as elegantly as she could – painfully slowly, but adorable!