Marilyn Manson in St Peters

Myself and the curate are in the process of putting together a looped presentation to play in our church during the Easter period. It is a mixture of artwork based around the easter story as well as music. We are using tracks by artists as diverse as Black eyed Peas, U2, Marilyn Manson, Johnny Cash, Lauren Hill and a few others. The idea is to reflect on the Easter story using culturally relevant images and music.

Also in the last week , God has provided the opportunity to meet with a group of guys in the pub to talk about my faith. More soon.

Gods Continued Blessing.

Taking Aim

I've been thinking for some time now about youth work particularly in a church context and I think that there is the potential for an organisation to get involved in youthwork for the wrong reasons.

Before I get shot down/sacked etc let me quantify that statement, and infact I am sure that many institutions get involved with the best intentions but inadvertantly miss the target. Youth work in any context should be there not to service the needs of the organisation, but to serve the young people in the cultural context of their community and to enable them to reach for God and to know more about him themselves.

Good to see Steve P from uni this afternoon who brought round a piece of furniture for our lounge (yes I have finally been doing some DIY!!!) And for those of you who know the story, we still without a car. So frustrating!!!

Blessings to all.

PS For those of you who have not mentioned cricket in my presence since the Ashes series my sincerest thanks, I continue in mourning!!!

I'm back!!!

Well peeps its been a while but I'm back. (I've been promising Ian McDonald for months that I would resurrect this thing so now I have)

Plenty more musings to come on life, youth work, culture, church and anything else you care to mention. Will muse shortly (at uni both today and tomorrow).

Blessings to all.