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Dear Friends, Welcome. ​This space exists for one reason: ​love — ​the love of God poured out in Jesus Christ, ​the love we are called to extend ​to one another, ​and to the world. ​There are many voices clamouring for our attention. Here, you will find the rhythm of one heart seeking to follow the way of Love. My ministry does not happen behind heavy church doors or within rigid institutional walls. It happens in the quiet, ordinary spaces of life where we learn to walk together at an unhurried pace. This is a faith rooted not in tradition for its own sake, but in the living, active, self-giving love at the heart of the Gospel. ​Three truths have become my anchors: ​The Living Word Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh. Apart from Him, the true God cannot be fully known. In Jesus, we see the face of a God who is Love, and whose Gospel is the path of Peace. ​The Gift of Grace I believe salvation is found by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Grace is a t...

Suffer the Children

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Babies in church are not a distraction. Suffer the children to come. Only consumer churches need worry — the babies and the ASN might pull your eyes from the product, the show. But a church that looks like the early church is for the big and the small, and gathers in strange places: the wilderness, ordinary houses, random temples, altars to an unknown God where ecumenical teaching moments happen. Because here He is. Whatsoever you do to the least of these, you do to Him. -DTH- More at Line of Poetry

I don't want the dark

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Then: Free Church of Scotland Mission House. No porch light. No lantern. No knocking. It was forbidden, and I was told why. Tracts out through the door, torn up, flattened under tyres. Every year, the trick was ours. Now: A parent. Still a Christian. "Just a bit of fun", they say.  I'm autistic. The doorbell is a fist against my ribs. Masks with no eyes. Laughter on my skin. The whole street, too loud, too cold to bear. My anxiety doesn't do strangers. Children too hyped, too loud with begged-for sugar. I don't want the dark. Christ keeps me in the light. And for the ones who lost someone: Some sit in pubs with plastic bats on the ceiling, skulls on the bar, a wake dressed as a party. I see you. Grief doesn't get a season off. The one good thing: A teacher's hand, sweets at the classroom door — I don't see why you should miss out. Unasked. Unseen. Sweet. -DTH- More free verse at Line of Poetry

Reformation Sunday: Saved by Grace, Sent to Do Good

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Dear Friends, ​The Reformation did not start with a hammer hitting a door in 1517. It started quietly. ​Long ago, Waldo gave away his wealth to put the Gospels into simple language. Francis chose poverty and peace. Wycliffe translated the Bible for ordinary people.  Men tried to silence them, but truth cannot be stopped. ​ By Scripture Alone. The Bible belongs to everyone.  William Tyndale promised that a simple farm worker would know the Scriptures better than the scholars. He was burned at the stake in 1536 for translating the New Testament into English. ​ By Faith Alone: Faith is trusting God, not performing for Him. ​ Through Christ Alone: Jesus is our only mediator. ​ For God's Glory Alone: Everything is for God's honor, never ours. ​ By Grace Alone: This is the beating heart of it all. ​You are saved by grace through faith. It is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8–10). You cannot earn it, buy it, or pray your way into it. It is free to us, but ...

Autistic Minds Colouring In

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Winnie the Pooh Colouring In

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WATCH YOUR...

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Words: keep the tongue bridled Actions should speak louder Thoughts should run toward what's noble and pure Companions should pull you up, not drag you down Heart — well, the heart of man's problems is the problem of man's heart so be blessed and pure in heart -DTH- More at Line of Poetry  

Scripture Colouring In

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