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I preached this on my last Sunday evening at church, August 23rd.  The readings were John 6:57-69 and Ephesians 6:10-20. I once knew two pastors, who’d both moved into new churches in the past couple of years. We were all together and chatting about church stuff, and I asked one of them how he’d been [...]

Two days ago, I packed my bags and left Stockport, my Careforce year at an end. Since I last posted on here, I managed a bike trip to the Lake District (photos) and another trip to accompany Graham on his bike ride to raise money for next year (a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregmelia/sets/72157622153711594/>photos, when he’s working for St [...]

I preached this at a lunchtime service a few weeks ago, but have only just got it online. I actually preached without notes, so what you see here is a summary from my original script. The reading was Revelation 1:1-8 Mike’s called me in to do the sermon for the last Wednesday lunchtime service of [...]

21 young people visited us on Thursday and Friday, on a mission. They’d come from all over the country to Manchester, as part of 10,000 hours of hope. Run by the Message Trust and Audacious Church, this saw young Christians giving 10,000 hours of kindness to communities round Manchester, including ours. Just before they came, [...]

Over at his blog, Graham wrote about how we see our bodies, as assets to be celebrated or as limiting factors to be overcome. He linked this to doping in sports, which I dealt with in a previous post, but he also linked this to how Christianity relates to our bodies. I quote: are we [...]

Over here, Graham asked the question, “Is sport a celebration of human capacity, or an attempt to overcome our humanity”, (Is your purpose as an athlete to fulfill your human potential, or to thrash your body by taking drugs etc to go beyond what you can naturally do). He then goes on to link this [...]

Since the end of term last week, riding London – Edinburgh – London has rather dominated my schedule. I haven’t ridden this, of course. L-E-L is an event run once every 4 years by Audax UK, the long distance cyclists’ association, of which I’m a member. Riders had to complete the 1400km (870m) at no [...]

There is always The handlebar mounted coffee cup holder for your bike. I think I need to get one of these, just to get one up on all the other eccentricities of life. I’ve been away for most of this week, but regular posting will resume shortly.