What is advent and why do we need it?
WE STRUGGLE As a modern society, we struggle with waiting and we struggle with having things in the appropriate time. This is why Cadbury’s cream eggs are on sale December 26th and this is why people can’t wait for a new movie coming out so find some dodgy website to watch a shaky version online. […]
PREPARING YOUR KIDS FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
So why not take Advent to prepare your family for the real message of Christmas. There are simple things you can do this and disciple your family this Christmas. FIVE IDEAS FOR THIS ADVENT 1. WALKTHROUGH A GOOD BOOK The good book people are offering a fantastic free resource to help your family […]
TIPS FOR LEADERS WANTING TO DISCIPLE CHILDREN
Working as I do for one of the larger Diocese in the Church of England I have the joy of meeting a lot of Church Leaders, and I mean a lot. I have developed some stunning insights along the way, I would suggest that more church leaders still make tea in a pot than the […]
THE PODCAST
Apple iTunes PODBEAN STITCHER SPOTIFY We’ve been wanting to create something for a while that would give you weekly content that helps your personal discipleship and spiritual formation. This isn’t easy especially when everyone is at a different place with their discipleship shape. But the good news is this week we are launching a […]
Making Disciples Interview with Andy Frost
Andy Frost heads up Share Jesus International. Working with Care for the family and Katherine Hill, Andy has been apart of creating Raising Faith. In this conversation, we talk about kids and how to disciple your family. We talk about the five helpful hits to disciple your children. 1. Praying with your kids 2. Reading […]
Lent is for the training of disciples
It was the beginning of lent and I was only 22 and I had no idea what lent even was. I was the kind of 22 year old who ran as far as I could way from Jesus rather than a follower but in the middle of a Lenten night I was awake. I […]
Lent in a Bag
Pilgrims journeying together…. Throughout the forty days of Lent, we remember the time Jesus spent in the wilderness. Each week, we will be taking time to reflect upon what might sustain us when we find ourselves in a “ wilderness.” Perhaps not literally, but in terms of facing empty, bleak or difficult times in our […]
HOW TO USE MAKING DISCIPLES IN LENT
The season of Lent is a time for disciples of Jesus to refocus on following Jesus’ example and life closely as we walk a journey from His temptations to His death and resurrection. In Mark 8:34 Jesus calls us to a life of discipleship through dying to self, but in his resistance to Satan’s tempting, […]
3 creative ways to disciple kids this Christmas.
3 creative ways to disciple your kids this Christmas If you are a single parent, a parent of many kids or have a blended family the opportunities to disciple the kids in your life is a gift, albeit challenging to make space for amongst the hectic nature of life. Similarly, Christmas should be a great […]
Big and small disciples together
I was pleased last week when Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, admitted that the inspection regime in this country has contributed to a ‘teach-to-the-test’ mentality which is negatively impacting education, favouring second guessing the test to a rich deep understanding. It is, of course, something that most of us with experience of working in education […]
