The Scottish Cathedral Cycle Challenge 10 Years On!

posted: 18 May 2009 comments: 0category:

outlier_cycling_pants_01 It looks as though we might be considering a Scottish Cathedral's Cycle Challenge again ten years on. So keep your ear to the ground. Mike Munro one of our elders has been researching the idea. It was actually a great event. It raised the seed money nine years ago to start the St Andrew's Multimedia Youth Project". When you look back we've achieved a great deal in those years. Much more still has to be done, however I'd like to think that if we do the Cycle...
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Seeking the Unity of the Church a tall order for tall people

posted: 16 May 2009 comments: 5category:

unity This is a post to encourage all the 40 Day Discipleship Challengers. Don't beat yourself up if you've missed one or two of the text messages. Remember some of the suggestions will take time to put into practice. We're all here to support and help each other not to lay guilt trips on one other. I have a few to catch up with myself and I intend to follow them up. Life has been quite busy over the past few days and I must confess I enjoy getting a chance to chill...
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The Great Giveaway

posted: 12 May 2009 comments: 0category:

Today's "Discipleship Challenge" is to give something away that is literally very valuable. I think there is amazing freedom to be had from exploring the gift of generosity. Jesus told us that the real joy in life is to give rather than receive. So often our worldly wealth just pulls us down turns us into slaves. Take a moment and challenge the mean streak that all of us have inside. Chase it, shock it bury it break its hold Go ahead grab a bit of...
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A Challenge to Change

posted: 9 May 2009 comments: 0category:

img_0249 It will be fascinating to see the outcome of the "change jam jars" as we continue with the Discipleship Challenge. Its interesting to note that our loose change is another man's daily wage. I remember speaking to a man who lived in the Attacama desert. He lived in a shanty town outside the city of Ica. We were giving him free water from the back of the worst lorry Ive ever seen. He told me he earned 5 soles a day working in the esparragus fields. In our money that...
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Talking and Praying and walking.

posted: 6 May 2009 comments: 1category:

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." I find this text so uplifting. There are many things that we all worry about. Decisions that we have to make which cause us to toss and turn. Here in this verse the Apostle Paul is reminding us all that prayer can make a world of...
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