Category Archives: Faith

Ground control to planet teenager

Posted on October 17, 2016 by 1urcher

So, well I occasionally get to visit planet teenager. I am on planet adult or as inhabitants of planet teenager might call it planet different. It is sometimes known as planet retro for those fleeting moments that it becomes cool. … Continue reading →

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Cwrs Iesu?

Posted on October 1, 2016 by 1urcher

Cwrs Wlpan and its follow on course are an effective way of teaching Welsh. I have just begun Cwrs Pellach. Pob Dydd Wener, dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg y Prifysgol Bangor. Cwrs Wlpan is built upon the same principles that ensured … Continue reading →

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Door to Door: easy evangelism

Posted on September 28, 2016 by 1urcher

‘It is the bread and butter of evangelistic work’ was a phrase often found on the lips of a London City Missioner referring to door to door evangelism. It is the simple practice of just knocking unannounced on someone’s door … Continue reading →

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The first Open Air preach

Posted on September 27, 2016 by 1urcher

TOWER HILL, October 1986. I gathered with experienced missioners and young Evangelists to take part in my first ever Open Air evangelistic event, in the surrounds of the Tower of London, the place which had seen the execution of many … Continue reading →

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Starting out I was a rubbish evangelist

Posted on September 26, 2016 by 1urcher

As I said yesterday, I spent two years with the London City Mission Voluntary Evangelism Scheme (1986-1988). I have to say I was a rubbish evangelist. I was by disposition so introverted I would jump at a brown paper bag … Continue reading →

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1986 and all that

Posted on September 25, 2016 by 1urcher

It was sometime in August 1986 that I got the coach from Sheffield Bus Station to London Victoria. I was going to London for 3 weeks to be a summer evangelist with the London City Mission. I was met at … Continue reading →

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Lent 2016.1 Vulnerable and Divine

Posted on February 10, 2016 by 1urcher

Remember that I am a complex vulnerable human being full of contradictions yet with the imprint of the divine #Lentbegins I am going to try to post a blog regularly during Lent. I am not sure I will make it. … Continue reading →

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The great feast: it continues

Posted on March 16, 2015 by 1urcher

Lent continues. Today I have focused on memories of those who have travelled with me previously. On my study wall is a cross. I am a Vicar. It goes with the territory. This one was fashioned by a carpenter named … Continue reading →

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there was evening and morning: the first year

Posted on February 20, 2015 by 1urcher

A year ago on Sunday (22nd February 2014), I stood in front of the Bishop of Bangor and was given the responsibility of working with him to lead the Bro Cybi Ministry Area. Time has flown. It was more of … Continue reading →

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coming out: an “evangelical apology” 2

Posted on August 14, 2014 by 1urcher

The picture was sketched by my then 4 year old. It is a picture obviously of a Church that is on wheels. There is a deep theological truth about that insight. The first Christians were called ‘followers of the Way’, … Continue reading →

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