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The Most Public Declaration of Love…

Through a good friend of mine, the legend Mark Davey, I came across this story that I thought was worth its own blog post alone! You could use this story as an illustration or backdrop for so many different talks, I used it for a talk I did on John 3:16 at our international cafe [...]

Updated Gospel Page!

It had occurred to me that the page on this site that I had devoted to what the Gospel is was really inadequate and so I have decided to change it. What I now have is, in as few words as possible, what I believe life is all about, namely Jesus Christ. Here is what [...]

Not long Now…

I realise that this is the first blog that I have done in a long time and actually the first that I have done since moving sites! Apologies to anybody who reads this blog – things have been manic!
Anyway it seems that its a very short time now before I head off to Australia for [...]

Jesus not Easter Eggs!

Lets get people talking about Jesus, the real meaning of Easter, and not the amount of Eggs they get! I received this e-mail this morning which looks well worth doing:
Dear Xander,
I just wanted to let you (and the readership of your blog) know about a campaign to get Delirious (writers of songs such [...]

A New Beginning

So… A new beginning… In the summer a new chapter of my life will start. This is because I have accepted a job working as a Ministry Trainee for a Church – St Andrews Kendray, Barnsley.
This all came about through knowing Pete who is the vicar of the Church. I have felt for someĀ  time
that [...]

Lewes, Fireworks and All That

Last Thursday it was amazing to be able to go the Lewes Bonfire night!
These pictures I am displaying arent actually mine – I didnt get any myself – but I think it shows just a little bit of what an outrageous, and always controversial, night this is!
There was, as is custom now, an effigy of [...]