I am pleased to announce that after a few months of thought, consultation, song-finishing, arranging, recording, mixing, mastering and printing…the Invitation is here at last! The EP takes its title from Track 3 “Invitation Song” which I wrote mainly out of Revelation 21 where we hear right at the end of Scripture an invitation into … More New EP “Invitation” now released!
Hi folks If you haven’t heard, I’ve been posting some new songs at the brand new Ichthus Worship Soundcloud page. These are songs that we are going to be teaching at using at Revive 2013 this year. To make it really easy for you to hear some of the material, I’ve posted a Soundcloud player … More New songs and EP release news
It’s 50 years since C.S Lewis’s death, and I barely have a clue. I grew up with Narnia of course, although that was unfortunately sketchily encountered. I was well-enough grounded in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as we had all the books but more importantly, the BBC adaptations. But the later books in the series … More Out of the Silent Planet
Hi folks By way of a rare update on some of my music/worship/songwriting activities, I can safely say that this has been one of the busiest seasons of my life so far in terms of writing (and rewriting) a bunch of songs. Recently I had the great privilege of co-writing with Graham Kendrick; the result … More Lots of Songwriting…
For a while now, the camping ground of the popular, vocal ‘new atheists’ and their followers has been the idea that ‘religious people’ (which covers an almost impossibly broad spectrum of people around the world throughout history) are universally stupid, because they have ‘faith’. This of course means that the new atheists (the blessed clever … More Stop Taking the Pistis
It is something of a coincidence that not long after I wrote my last post about Roger Olson on Relational Theology, I by chance discovered a book by him while on holiday in Derbyshire. Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I didn’t really expect to find a theological book in a store advertised as a tourist … More Unexpected finds
I stumbled across this great article by Roger Olson and thought I’d share it. Relational theology is definitely the best descriptor of what we hold at our church here in London, and Olson here definitely does it justice as well as describing some of the other views around it. My favourite bit was his explaining … More Olson on Relational Theology
Hi folks! Here’s a new track for you to enjoy! I had a lot of fun writing and producing this track – especially because I was able to get Louise Gibbens to sing and Tim Boniface to play his horns! Watch this space for news of my forthcoming acoustic album to feature many new songs!
The Bible is full of hidden gems. I find that you uncover them by pausing to ask questions. Too often we read over a passage, maybe even spot something that seems cool, say “huh, that’s cool” and move on without really asking what it means. In 1 Corinthians 16:22, Paul writes (almost as an afterthought): … More Paul’s Palindrome (almost)
For a long time (a LONG time!) I’ve been talking about producing an album of some of my latest songs. People have been keen on this so I must apologise. Time, money and not a little bit of artistic perfectionism have hampered my attempts at various turns over the last few years, but I’m pursuing … More Progress on a new album
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