‘The Household of Faith’ (Part 6)

As we’ve read through Acts I’ve picked out how Households played a key role in the life and vitality of the church. The instancing of Acts 2, 4 and 8 are samples that demonstrated how important Households were for the spread of the church through Judea and Samaria and this

November 20, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The Household of Faith’ (Part 5)

I have never seen Anne Frank’s house but I know it is a house with a secret. Today this secret is hardly a secret anymore as we all know about the hidden room used to hide Jews from the Nazis. It is a story of a Household daring to face

November 12, 2020 by Andy Gore

“The Household of Faith” (Part 4)

There is one thing I can almost guarantee and that is that you’re reading this at home. It’s not because of special revelation or guesswork, but because we’re in lockdown and so where else would you be? But there is something I don’t know and that is the question of

November 6, 2020 by admin

‘The Household of Faith’ (Part 3)

In my last blog I reminded you that we all live in a multi-coloured and multi-layered environment called the ‘oikos’ or ‘household’. This vibrant life giving environment acted as the nursery for the early church. In Acts 2, after the outpouring of the Spirit on the church at Pentecost, we

October 24, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The Household of Faith’ (Part 2)

Did you know that I can be annoying at times (it’s true!!) and I blame Bill Bryson entirely for it. This is because when I’m reading Bryson I will interrupt Gilli reading, a dangerous thing to do, to pass on one of his ‘laugh-out-loud’ gems. One of the reasons I

October 24, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The Household of Faith’ (Part 1)

If Jesus is the foundation of this Church, who, or rather what, are its building blocks? No doubt you’re being rightly cautious since the answer seems so obvious and no doubt you’re wondering if I’m being my usual sneaky self. Well, if you said it is individuals who have professed

September 25, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘Pardon? Can you say that again please?’ (Part 3)

In 1871 when the church was rebuilt it looked no different from how it had looked before. Even though it looked no different, the people who gathered there had certainly changed. They were different because of the challenge of deciding to dismantle, to number, to move and to rebuild their

September 11, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘Pardon? Can you say that again please?’ (Part 2)

One of the consequences of my thinking over and over something, which also includes discussing it out loud, is that it can appear to be just a lot of talking and not a lot of doing. I am very grateful to the Leadership Team for creating such an open ended

September 11, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘Pardon? Can you say that again please?’ (Part 1)

Did you know that at times I can speak quite quickly? I know it may have escaped your attention but there are times when I can gabble quite a bit and people then say ‘Pardon? Can you say that again please?’ If you are sitting comfortably, let me tell you

August 14, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 6)

I’ve chosen two books to think about this week (‘Where is God in a Coronavirus world’ by John C. Lennox and ‘God and the Pandemic’ by Tom Wright’)not only because they are both short, which they are, but because they both try to help us think better about who we

August 6, 2020 by Andy Gore