by Mike Reith on 4th May 2017
It's easy to get our answers from experience? For many it's a service where you sing, pray, sit & listen, take a bit of bread & wine... and, if you're lucky, get a biscuit with your cup of tea afterwards! Then Sunday lunch pulls you home. But if we get answers from the Bible it's different. Christians love. We love God. We love neighbour. The word 'love' describes something inside us. It's [...]
by Mike Reith on 26th May 2015
Some say Christians are too heavenly minded to be of any earthly use! Whilst that may be true of some, it shouldn't be. In a book called 'What's best next?', Matt Perman explains why Christians might have the edge in getting more out of life. For example, what's the best way to be productive? Here are 12 myths about what it takes to get things done (and 12 ways to bust them!). "Being [...]
by Mike Reith on 29th July 2014
What have 'apostle', 'missionary', and 'disciple' got in common? They are all the names of minibuses that take African Christians to African churches - often in South London! Which is an interesting journey, given there are African churches in Dagenham those minibuses pass on the way to their church. So why do they go? [It's also worth saying they pass other minibuses shipping people IN to [...]
by Mike Reith on 2nd July 2014
It is fascinating meeting Muslims, great people. The blokes will talk about God at the drop of a hat; the women are open and friendly. And like Brits, it isn't a great idea to make them fit into one category. They aren't all sprouting beards and heading for Syria. Mostly they like it over here, and seem be settling in droves. And the younger ones speak Cockney better than I can (in a cute Asian-y [...]
by Mike Reith on 19th May 2014
"I'm an atheist". This was the response of a young man when I knocked on his door when he knew I was a Christian. It said 'we have nothing to talk about' - as if we came from 2 different planets. This is a common reaction. But atheism is also a faith. It has a view about God. It shapes our understanding of how we came to live here. It has implications on how we live life. As the young guy [...]
