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https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2013/04/public-service-versus-public-pomp.html?showComment=1366071228914 a sideways glance: Public service versus public pomp I don't have much to say about the death of Margaret Thatcher. I felt she was a divisive PM wedded to an economic model whose whirlwind we a... sideways glance public service versus pomp https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/01/thank-god-its-sunday.html a sideways glance: Thank God it's Sunday We had a fabulously positive church meeting. It wasn't just that the three issues we were really keen to move ahead on were agreed (though t... sideways glance thank god sunday https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/10/disciples-and-membership.html a sideways glance: Disciples and membership I am enjoying this discussion - thanks to everyone's who's commented; plenty of room for more. I think the passion and intelligence of the c... sideways glance disciples membership https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/08/surviving-my-first-week.html a sideways glance: Surviving my first week I've survived my first week back at work! Having not been in the habit of preparing sermons, getting three ready was a bit of a challenge. b... sideways glance my first surviving week https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-on-plain-meaning-of-text.html a sideways glance: More on the plain meaning of the text The other issue about the plain meaning of the text (see previous post) is the extent to which the New Testament authors presupposed familia... sideways glance more on the plain meaning of text https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/05/good-congress.html a sideways glance: A good congress The congress is over., Yesterday went really well with about 20 people responding at the end of the evening session on Luke 10. Tomorrow, I ... sideways glance good congress https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/09/barefoot-in-church.html?showComment=1252347828411 a sideways glance: Barefoot in the church At the end of yesterday morning's service a mate sidled up to me and suggested that I was in my element. We'd just had a lively all-age bapt... sideways glance in the barefoot church https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-thoughts-on-weddings.html a sideways glance: More thoughts on weddings Giles Fraser was on fine form on yesterday's Thought for the Day (available now on the BBC website ), waxing lyrical about the absurdity of ... sideways glance more thoughts weddings https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2020/05/ a sideways glance: May 2020 sideways glance may https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2014/06/ a sideways glance: June 2014 sideways glance june https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/08/finding-god-on-margins.html a sideways glance: Finding God on the margins Just back from Greenbelt. Had a fantastic time. For those of you unfamiliar with it, Greenbelt is a Christian arts, music and teaching festi... sideways glance finding god on the margins https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/03/its-good-to-talk.html a sideways glance: It's good to talk Just returned from recording a programme at Premier Christian Radio with Jeff Lucas and Ruth Dearnley which was fun. I was there to talk abo... sideways glance good to talk https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2012/03/getting-to-politics-of-easter-with-boss.html a sideways glance: Getting to the politics of Easter with the Boss In keeping with tradition (well, doing what I've done for the past few months...) here is the piece that wrote for the church magazine's Ea... sideways glance getting to the politics https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/01/challenges-of-new-year.html?showComment=1231149840000 a sideways glance: The challenges of the New Year It's snowing! Looking out on my street pavements are white and snow flakes are sticking to the branches of trees. it's lovely. Finished my M... sideways glance the challenges new year https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/04/tidying-up.html a sideways glance: Tidying up I finished my paper at the weekend - The Matrix of Leadership: location, social order and authority in early Christianity . (slight title ch... sideways glance tidying https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/11/edited-highlights.html a sideways glance: The edited highlights Just back from a great week in North Devon. The highlights included discovering some really top notch restaurants in Ilfracombe. The pick of... sideways glance edited highlights https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/09/age-of-understatement.html a sideways glance: The Age of the Understatement This week I've been listening to the wonderful album by the Last Shadow Puppets, the side project of Arctic Monkey's front man, Alex Turner ... the age of sideways glance understatement https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-fears-that-drive-decision-making.html a sideways glance: The fears that drive decision-making Fear is not a big driver in my life. Oh, there are those inner anxieties about looking foolish, even being found out, that make me circumspe... sideways glance fears drive decision making https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2020/05/thoughts-about-caterpillars-and.html a sideways glance: Thoughts about caterpillars and butterflies in a time of plague This morning the leader of our zoom gathering had planned to start with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, familiar words about everything happening in its... sideways glance https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-to-meditate-over.html a sideways glance: A book to meditate over I have just started reading Marilynne Robinson's When I was a Child I read Books (the title alone is worth the purchase price). Robinson is... sideways glance book meditate https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-cheers-for-elbow.html a sideways glance: Three cheers for Elbow Great to see Elbow picking up the Mercury Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid the day before yesterday. What a result! Elbow are one ... sideways glance three cheers elbow https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/11/telling-story-of-hope.html?showComment=1226343240000 a sideways glance: Telling the story of hope To my mind the most remarkable passage in Obama's post-election speech (well, it had me weeping into my first coffee of the day) was towards... telling the story sideways glance hope https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/06/further-baptism-thoughts.html?showComment=1181233620000 a sideways glance: Further baptism thoughts Wulf's comment to the previous post on baptism is spot on. What matters is what happens after baptism - the months and years and lifetime th... sideways glance baptism thoughts https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/07/healing-wounds.html a sideways glance: Healing wounds Another full day of teaching. The students were fairly responsive, which is good. Some of the assignments I read last night were very good i... sideways glance healing wounds https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/05/bringing-prism-to-bromley.html a sideways glance: Bringing Prism to Bromley I shall be trying a version of Prism's take on Romans 8 this Sunday at our monthly cafe-style service. The three groans of the passage cry o... sideways glance bringing prism bromley https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/11/keeping-faith.html a sideways glance: Keeping the faith It's advent this Sunday, so new things in the morning, but in the evening we're finishing our series in 1 John. I do wonder whether anyone i... sideways glance keeping faith https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-phone-keeps-time-perfectly.html a sideways glance: My phone keeps time perfectly Well, it seems that Nokia have delivered me an early Christmas present by giving me a software upgrade for my lovely E63 which means that I ... sideways glance my phone keeps time perfectly https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/04/meeting-jesus.html a sideways glance: meeting Jesus On the road to Emmaus this morning - a good place to be. We were definitely joined by Jesus who came to walk with us and share in our conver... sideways glance meeting jesus https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/11/rediscovering-kafka.html?showComment=1195428360000 a sideways glance: Rediscovering Kafka One of my favourite places in Prague is the Franz Kafka museum. We stumbled across it last time we visited and went back last week with frie... sideways glance rediscovering kafka https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/10/being-church-in-harsh-economic-climate.html a sideways glance: Being church in a harsh economic climate One of the things the church has a chance to be is a community that models a different approach to life. For many years it's been popular to... sideways glance being church harsh economic climate https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/06/final-evening-in-la-belle-france.html?showComment=1214553240000 a sideways glance: Final evening in la belle France It's our penultimate day in France and we're in a Premiere Classe hotel room (sounds better than it is!) with free Internet, so I thought I'... sideways glance final evening belle france https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/06/further-baptism-thoughts.html a sideways glance: Further baptism thoughts Wulf's comment to the previous post on baptism is spot on. What matters is what happens after baptism - the months and years and lifetime th... sideways glance baptism thoughts https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-than-name-on-yoghurt-carton.html a sideways glance: More than a name on a yoghurt carton Those of you who thought that Oncken was just the name on a rather posh yoghurt, should check out Johann Oncken. There's a whole chapter on ... sideways glance more than name yoghurt carton https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/01/end-of-great-adventure.html a sideways glance: The end of a great adventure I have just put the last full stop at the end of the last sentence of my MA dissertation (well, it was actually a sentence halfway down page... sideways glance the end great adventure https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2020/04/hearing-something-new-in-familiar-lines.html a sideways glance: hearing something new in familiar lines I don't know about you, but as I have been working away in splendid isolation, I have been rediscovering gems in my music collection. Of cou... sideways glance something new hearing familiar lines https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/12/fault-lines-revisited.html?showComment=1166473680000 a sideways glance: Fault lines revisited Great comments on the previous post. Keep them coming... Yes, it's more work but this can be shared - as Liz said. The teaching component ca... sideways glance fault lines revisited https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/03/excitement-of-budget-day.html a sideways glance: The excitement of Budget Day In my previous life as a financial journalist, Budget Day was a highlight of the year. A long day listening to the chancellor, talking to co... sideways glance excitement budget day https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/11/still-no-latte-but.html a sideways glance: Still no latte, but... Last Sunday we had another cafe-style service - our seventh - celebrating our 142nd birthday. We built a cairn of stones at the front of the... sideways glance still latte https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-that-jazz.html a sideways glance: All that jazz One of the things Prague is justly famous for is its music scene. It's coming down with Jazz and blues clubs which host live bands on pretty... sideways glance all that jazz https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-comes-too-quickly.html a sideways glance: Sunday comes too quickly Because I had three days out at a conference this week - Mainstream (usual mixed bag) - I feel slightly under-prepared for today. We have a ... sideways glance sunday comes quickly https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/paper-cities.html a sideways glance: Paper cities I've been listening to a song by Other Lives and pondering 9/11. It seems to me these words capture something of what think about the event... sideways glance paper cities https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/09/who-are-we.html a sideways glance: Who are we? I'm off to Ashburnham in beautiful Sussex later today to do a weekend away for a neighbouring church. Yesterday it was 28 degrees, deep blue... sideways glance who are https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/05/it-also-raisn-in-prague.html a sideways glance: It also rains in Prague It rained today. there we were just crossing the Charles Bridge and the heaven's opened. Ah well. we were able to seek refuge in our favouri... sideways glance also rains prague https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/04/seeing-i9n-dark-of-good-friday.html a sideways glance: Seeing in the dark of Good Friday. One service down five to go! We had a really nice Thursday break this lunch time. Good number, great hymns and good atmosphere. I was reflec... seeing in the dark sideways glance good friday https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/05/catching-up.html a sideways glance: Catching up Off to see Editors at Brixton Academy this evening. They are one of the cream of last year's break-through bands - sharp riffs, intelligent... sideways glance catching https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/11/dreaming-of-new-worlds.html a sideways glance: Dreaming of new worlds I'm preparing for Thursday break listening to Beirut's Gulag Orchestar - and dreaming of new worlds. Thursday Break is our lunch time servi... sideways glance dreaming new worlds https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/01/new-year-reading.html a sideways glance: new year reading Always good to start the new year with a book. Mine is Brian McLaren's A Generous Ortodoxy - a book with a ludicrously long sub title th... sideways glance new year reading https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/01/mixed-economy-church.html a sideways glance: The mixed economy church Thanks to my friend Ben for mentioning Rowan Williams suggestion that all kinds of churches need to exist side-by-side. We're beginning to t... sideways glance mixed economy church https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/01/good-study-time.html a sideways glance: Good study time Had a fab day at Dr Williams's library in London yesterday. This is an institution like something out of Dickens and yet it's wonderfully ef... sideways glance good study time https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/02/first-thoughts-on-our-discussions.html?showComment=1170702480000 a sideways glance: First thoughts on our discussions Time to reflect on our discussions in church about belonging and stuff. It's been a good conversation so far for a couple of very simple rea... sideways glance first thoughts discussions https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2013/04/writing-and-thinking.html a sideways glance: Writing and thinking I discovered something about writing and thinking yesterday, as I was penning my contribution for the church magazine sitting in the sunshin... sideways glance writing thinking https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/01/want-to-help-yemen-leave-car-at-home.html?showComment=1264910060471 a sideways glance: Want to help Yemen? Leave the car at home... I'm still looking for offers to host a Bill Mallonee gig. But I've also been thinking about Yemen and Thomas Friedman in between completing ... want to help leave the car sideways glance https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/02/larry-on-his-friends.html a sideways glance: Larry on his friends Thanks to Sean the Baptist posting these words on his blog and reminding me of another great Larry Norman song Well my life is filled with s... sideways glance larry friends https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/11/starting-advent-adventure-of-discovery.html?showComment=1259748053760 a sideways glance: Starting the Advent adventure of discovery As it's Advent, the start of the Church's year, I've decided to modify the look of my blog. I haven't done it for ages. I thought this templ... sideways glance the advent starting adventure discovery https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/05/looking-for-leader.html a sideways glance: Looking for a leader... Our new series on 2 Corinthians - being a holy people in an unholy world - limped into life yesterday. I say limped because I'm not at all y... sideways glance looking for leader https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2013/04/public-service-versus-public-pomp.html?showComment=1367162969940 a sideways glance: Public service versus public pomp I don't have much to say about the death of Margaret Thatcher. I felt she was a divisive PM wedded to an economic model whose whirlwind we a... sideways glance public service versus pomp https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/05/wondering-what-1-peter-tells-us-about.html a sideways glance: Wondering what 1 Peter tells us about leadership I've managed to leave planet Brent for a day - what a strange place it is! I've been looking at Karen Jobes commentary on 1 Peter. She has a... sideways glance tells us wondering https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/05/ a sideways glance: May 2008 sideways glance may https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/03/emerging-models.html a sideways glance: emerging models Miz's suggestion that preachers try to take their congregations on the same journey they have had as they prepared their sermons is an inter... sideways glance emerging models https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/06/more-thoughts-on-living-up-to-our.html?showComment=1120243080000 a sideways glance: More thoughts on living up to our image We went to see Coldplay at Crystal Palace on Monday evening. A group of us sat on the hill overlooking the stadium watching the gig on giant... sideways glance more thoughts up to https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/10/day-out-in-london.html a sideways glance: A day out in London Listening to a great episode of In Our Time on the death of Elizabeth 1 with the peerless John Guy as well as two other really interesting ... sideways glance day out london https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/05/exhilarating-reading.html a sideways glance: Exhilarating reading So I am continuing to read Alan Roxburgh's Missional: Joining God in the Neighbourhood with a smile on my face and sense of anticipation in... sideways glance exhilarating reading https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/05/canon-within-canon.html a sideways glance: A canon within a canon? We're having a challenging time reading Ecclesiastes in our evening services at the moment. I know it's challenging when one of my members t... sideways glance canon within https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-reading.html a sideways glance: Christmas reading It's unusual for good Christian books to published in the run up to Christmas (some irony there?!) Today I took delivery of Tom Wright's Sur... sideways glance christmas reading https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/ a sideways glance: September 2011 sideways glance september https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2012/09/entering-last-lap.html a sideways glance: Entering the last lap One of my students reads Frank Viola and trawls post-evangelical blogs, another is a very conservative AOG pastor and still another works wi... sideways glance the last entering lap https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/07/being-and-doing.html?showComment=1121720760000 a sideways glance: being and doing So much discussion of where the church is going is a debate about structures. But one of the really significant things about Stuart Murray's... sideways glance https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/12/ a sideways glance: December 2007 sideways glance december https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-meaning-of-witness.html a sideways glance: The meaning of witness Ten days ago, I visited the jungle with Lynn Green from the Baptist Union to help her see what was happening and give her some insight into ... sideways glance the meaning witness https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/05/will-we-grab-chance-to-fix-democratic.html a sideways glance: Will we grab the chance to fix the democratic deficit? So, we're all off to vote. What a privilege it is to choose the people who will make the decisions about how our country is run. This is t... sideways glance https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/09/slippery-scintilating-sound-of-eels.html a sideways glance: The slippery, scintilating sound of eels Went to see Eels last night at my favourite rock venue, Brixton Academy. It was a cracking evening - though it started slightly bizarrely wi... sideways glance slippery sound eels https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/12/ a sideways glance: December 2008 sideways glance december https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/04/when-god-blows-your-mind.html?showComment=1113376740000 a sideways glance: When God blows your mind I'm back from Spring Harvest. We had an amazing time. God was doing so much in people's lives, it was a joy to be involved. Linda and I cove... sideways glance god blows mind https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/11/emerging-from-what.html a sideways glance: Emerging from what? Much chat about the so-called emerging church seems to assume that it comes from nowhere in the sense that it consists of groups forming in ... sideways glance emerging https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/03/please-mr-preacher-can-i-ask-question.html a sideways glance: Please, Mr preacher, can I ask a question? Spent a really quality couple of hours with a woman who in her eighties has experienced a renewal of faith over the past six months. We meet... sideways glance please mr preacher ask https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/10/getting-to-grips-with-ancient-world.html a sideways glance: Getting to grips with the ancient world I spent yesterday afternoon grading papers from my students in Sri Lanka and was pleasantly surprised by the quality - especially from those... sideways glance getting to grips ancient world https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2021/ a sideways glance: 2021 sideways glance https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/05/decoding-da-vinci-revisited.html a sideways glance: Decoding Da Vinci revisited So on the afternoon after the evening before, did we decode Da Vinci? We certainly had fun - many teams competing in our prize quiz. We had ... sideways glance da vinci decoding revisited https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/11/justifying-mission-as-if-thats-possible.html?showComment=1259232488163 a sideways glance: Justifying mission - as if that's possible! My anonymous conversation partner asks a range of salient questions about why the church should have a high street presence that go way beyo... sideways glance as if mission possible https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/08/shall-i-use-e-word.html a sideways glance: Shall I use the 'E' word? So, I've been thinking a bit about our forthcoming series on hope, trying to give it some shape and find Bible passages that illustrate diff... sideways glance shall use word https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/09/lessons-in-stunning-beauty-of-monsegur.html a sideways glance: Lessons in the stunning beauty of Monsegur Coming down the steep path from the stunningly beautiful ruined castle at Monsegur, one passes a stone memorial to the 220 cathars who, foll... the stunning beauty sideways glance lessons https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/07/simple-truths.html a sideways glance: simple truths I've just got back the eye hospital where a charming and efficient male nurse practitioner lanced and drained a cyst I've had on my eyelid f... sideways glance simple truths https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/10/ a sideways glance: October 2010 sideways glance october https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/05/ministry-in-exile.html a sideways glance: Ministry in exile My article 'The Half-Life of Exiles:Reflections on ministry from the margins' published in Ministry Today is on-line here . I think it read... sideways glance ministry exile https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2011/05/rooting-mission-in-right-texts.html a sideways glance: Rooting mission in the right texts Alan Roxburgh's challenge to our missional thinking goes deep. As he introduces his reflections on Luke's gospel, he paints a picture of chu... sideways glance in the rooting mission right https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/02/larry-norman-1947-2008.html a sideways glance: Larry Norman 1947-2008 Well the sad news today is that Larry Norman has died. It's hard to estimate how big an influence he had on me as a teenager and young Chris... sideways glance larry norman https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2014/09/finding-renewed-confidence.html a sideways glance: Finding renewed confidence Here's a second random observation from our recent trip to Sri Lanka. I was there partly at the invitation of the Lanka Bible College. So a ... sideways glance finding renewed confidence https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-improved.html?showComment=1172331360000 a sideways glance: New improved My blogger account has changed to a new improved version - so I hope you can tell the difference! One thing it allows me to do is to label m... sideways glance new improved https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2010/01/global-weirding.html?showComment=1262771354166 a sideways glance: Global weirding As I sit and watch people struggle past in the couple of centimetres of snow that have fallen over night, I'm reflecting on Thomas Friedman'... sideways glance global https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/11/endings-are-always-beginnings.html?showComment=1227622680000 a sideways glance: Endings are always beginnings We reached the end of our journey through Christian Hope yesterday morning. And I think it's fair to say that I've never had such a response... sideways glance endings always beginnings https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-friends-have-arrived-from-prague.html a sideways glance: More basic questions More friends have arrived from Prague. We were chatting last night about what constituted church planting and whether a small but establishe... sideways glance basic questions https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/09/ a sideways glance: September 2008 sideways glance september https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/01/table-talk.html a sideways glance: Table talk Thanks to Wulf for his comments. Stuart's blog can be found at http://www.thewordatthebarricades.typepad.com/ and is well worth checking ou... sideways glance table talk https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2009/09/feeling-refreshed.html a sideways glance: Feeling refreshed Had a fun time being refreshed by the Baptist Union this week. Good bible studies from Steve Finamore, an excellent lecture on prayer and ar... sideways glance feeling refreshed https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2007/04/leading-from-below.html a sideways glance: Leading from below I don't know if others are having this trouble or whether it's a London thing or is unique to us, but we're having real difficulty recruitin... sideways glance leading https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2008/01/overcoming-poverty-of-aspiration.html a sideways glance: Overcoming poverty of aspiration I'm just back from the Mainstream Conference at Swanwick. I was hoping to blog while I was up there as I had great free internet access in m... sideways glance overcoming poverty aspiration https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2006/04/ a sideways glance: April 2006 sideways glance april https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-fresh-master-class-in-languid.html a sideways glance: A fresh master class in languid americana From the moment a single acoustic guitar run heralds the arrival of at least for a little while , you just know that you're in safe hands. B... sideways glance master class fresh languid americana https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2005/04/when-god-blows-your-mind.html?showComment=1113473940000 a sideways glance: When God blows your mind I'm back from Spring Harvest. We had an amazing time. God was doing so much in people's lives, it was a joy to be involved. Linda and I cove... sideways glance god blows mind https://bromleyboy.blogspot.com/2016/10/ a sideways glance: October 2016 sideways glance october