2011
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/blog/2011/year
Building the Church: Blog posts from all the Highfields Contributors in 2011...The Great Escape...
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/bakersblog/the-great-escape..
That’s not a reference to my favourite TV war movie (!), but to the way Evangelicals spent the last sixty years of the 20th Century, as they tried to work out exactly where, why and how they had lost touch with the Jesus of the New Testament.No publisher2011-01-11T23:56:00ZDocumentThe Lament of Faith...
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/bakersblog/the-lament-of-faith
In the past two weeks we have been dealing with two tragedies as a Church. The first, a 19 year old boy who, while watching Liverpool FC on TV was suddenly taken ill and died within an hour; the second, a mother who was asphyxiated by a fire in her home.
No publisher2011-01-22T10:53:11ZDocumentProcess Theology!
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How do we effectively process all the stuff that God does in our lives through events, people and circumstances?No publisher2011-01-28T20:07:44ZDocumentFinding Your Voice - the Truth of Authentic Words
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/bakersblog/finding-your-voice-the-truth-of-authentic-words
We’ve all had the experience no doubt, of losing our voice at a critical moment. Not because of a sore throat, but when we have been tongue-tied, lost for words, paralysed by nerves or just gone momentarily blank.No publisher2011-02-23T23:20:00ZDocumentLeaders Who Last
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Longevity is the key to an effective life – well it’s certainly the key to a long life!!
But gentle humour aside, I’ve become fascinated by the correlation between a long term commitment to a job and its success. No publisher2011-03-03T08:10:00ZDocumentThe King's Speech
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After all the hype and the four Oscars I eventually got to see The King’s Speech last week. It’s a fascinating story about a sovereign with a stutter.No publisher2011-04-01T17:25:00ZDocumentCulture and Change: Moving Vision Forward
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/bakersblog/culture-and-change-moving-vision-forward
I’ve been reflecting on how as a Church we keep before us the challenge of our Strategic Vision in relation to starting a satellite congregation in Pontprennau, building a centre for vocational training and sending Mission Partners, like Huw and Alison Williams, to Italy.
No publisher2011-04-09T09:30:00ZDocumentPriorities in Mission?
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I’ve been re-reading David Hesselgrave’s book “Paradigms in Conflict” as preparation for the mission module we run this term on our Network ministry training course. No publisherMissions2011-06-11T12:40:00ZDocumentPontprennau Blog
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/pontprennau/blog/pontprennau-blog-no.-1-18th-september-2011
It’s been a momentous week for those of us who want to start a new church in Pontprennau.
No publisher2011-09-18T20:00:00ZDocumentMission Possible
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You have to admire the balance of optimism and realism in Jesus’ words - “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."No publisher2011-09-21T23:51:57ZDocumentSend/Receive
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I click this button on my computer dozens of times every day. Just to confirm that no earth-shatteringly important emails have come in during the last five minutes.No publisherMissions2011-09-25T16:25:00ZDocumentThe Great Outdoors...
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The other evening, we returned to our apartment after a busy day, to discover that our street had been transformed into the scene of a party! No publisherMissions2011-09-28T06:50:00ZDocumentGustav Mahler and the Apostle...
https://www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/torino/gustav-mahler-and-the-apostle
One of the things I knew would miss most in our move was, of course, making music.No publisherMissions2011-10-01T08:00:00ZDocumentTwo Nuns and a dog
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She’s called the Digital Nun and with Sister Lucy and the dog Duncan Disorderly, she lives the life of a Benedictine in Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred, Oxfordshire.No publisher2011-10-05T19:30:00ZDocumentPizza, planes and partnership...
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I write this having just waved off most of the party of Highfields visitors who have been with us for the weekend.No publisherMissions2011-10-10T19:25:00ZDocument