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This is the first of a 2-part post on accountability. Accountability is a word that can conjure up different emotions. Some people are scared of it; they think that another person is going to be prying into their lives and might not like what they find. Some people think it’s great; why wouldn’t you want […]
This is the final blog in a 3-part series on the subject of perseverance. So, let’s move on from the what to the how. You might be sat there right now feeling a bit overwhelmed, thinking, You’ve told me that I am supposed to run the race without messing about and without letting anything get […]
A Review of The Pastor’s Wife by Gloria Furman When Mez gave me this book to read, I was in two minds about how helpful it would be. I’ve read books like this before, and sometimes they are only really suitable for those pastoring in the States. Often it is difficult to see the relevance […]
20schemes is five years old this month (although the idea was birthed over a decade ago while church-planting in Brazil). Personally, I am entering my nineteenth year of pastoral ministry. During that time, I have worked in council estates in the UK, the slums of Brazil, and now in Scotland with 20schemes. We currently have […]
This post was written by Sharon Dickens, 20schemes Director of Women’s Ministry. This is part 2 of a 2-part blog series on the issue of wisdom and counselling written by Sharon Dickens (20schemes director of women’s ministry). In the first part of Dumb Yet Dumber, we were thinking about who is the source of our […]
In a recent conversation with another church planter’s wife, she asked me the question “What did you tell your girls about Santa?” I thought this would make a good blog for this time of year. Christmas has become so commercialised, and in lots of ways totally over the top. People overspend, overeat, over-drink, and if […]
This is the second blog in a 3–part series on the subject of perseverance. So how do we move forward? What do we need to be doing to make sure we are progressing in our run? The answer is right there in Hebrews 12:1, “Lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely.” The […]
I sat in a meeting talking about how we might be able to help women in hard places do women’s ministry. The thing is, I’m sitting there thinking, This is crazy! What have we got to say? What can we do? We don’t have anything to offer. What if they ask questions we don’t know […]
This is part 2 of a 2-part blog series on the issue of stress. In the previous post, we looked at what stress is, how we know if we’re too stressed, and what impact stress has on our relationship with God. How Does God Want Us to Deal With Stress? “Blessed is the one who […]
This is the first blog in a 3-part series on the subject of perseverance. A smart dead guy called Jonathan Edwards once said this: “Perseverance is a necessary consequence of salvation.” What that means is that when someone is truly saved, when someone really becomes a Christian, they will continue on through the whole of […]