So it’s here I’m supposed to post up some biographical stuff, a few pix, some pithy or interesting sayings, statements, recipes, unusual guitar chords, fave CD’s , jokes , things not to buy, places not to go, positive information concerning goodness knows what from who knows where about
Hey! Isn’t ‘About‘ where this page started?
Seems like a good place to stop if you ask me.
But – Hot off the Blog.. here’s a straight lift from the earlier version of WorldzEnd.
Apart from being a pharmacist,parent,husband, friend, opponent, stumbling block and general irritant to certain sections of the public and officialdom…I also enjoy all music except C&W, playing guitar & squash [ not simoultaneously ] reading, cooking, eating, evading the washing up, cinema, shouting at the tv during football & rugby games, Flying [as in paying someone else to convey me from Point A to B], holidays,hanging out with my church pals and other sundry mates, cars and driving round the lovely countryside where I live….in fact driving anywhere..and lastly spending quality time with my wife, daughters,sons in law and family.Now in my 50’s, perhaps laid back to the point of indifferent complacency. Really enjoy my jobs, and the folks I work with. Passionate about Jesus and what He has done for me and the many others it is my great privilege to walk with – and I really DO mean that!
October 2nd 2008
My new biopage had been completed and I published it for around 20 hours, but on reflection and quite a bit of Holy Spirit conviction it just seemed like my flesh trying to be heard rather than a godly, encouraging, edifying, exhorting account. So I took it down.
Bless you all for your prayers and input to my life. Without Jesus and you I’d be such a lesser man than I am.
I’m also a pastor, but I’ve been on sabbatical since Feb 8th this year.
That’s not actually as easy as it might sound, but it’s certainly colouring a lot of my thinking and responses right now, I can tell you.
This sabbatical concept has been jolly hard work. Most of the time I’m thinking about what the Lord has in store for me. As a pastor, despite myself and my fellowship I really enjoyed the greater part of what I was doing. In all sincerity I thought I was providing sound, gentle and gracious leadership. My desire had always been to provide a community where people could come to the Lord, discover relationship with Him, grow in love and faith and grace and express their gifts. My critics over the years have certainly managed to make that not only difficult but also very uncomfortable.
I have been in a period of very deep and honest reflection over these past months, and even now feel that although I could have done very much better, the Lord has still been able to use my feeble and fleshy efforts in some ways.
That which was intended for ‘evil’ ….
Almighty God is awesome, Jesus is His Son, Holy Spirit is His astonishing power on the Earth.
Amazing!
I had just recently published a page, a bio-page which I thought had given an explanation of some of my journey and mistakes, along with my feelings about the way things went for me. But on reflection that was a mistake. I’d thought the writing of the piece was cathartic, healing in a way, but tonight as I settled down I realised { I think it was Spirit prompted } it was yet another work of my flesh. No matter how accurate or balanced I had tried to be – it was still just my flesh wanting it’s say.
So I’ve deleted it.
Apologies to any who [again] got miffed or messed by it. Maybe I’m just one more of those awful people we call “Grace Growers” !
Dave
12/9/08.. 23.20hrs
You’ll probably have noticed by the tone of my posts over the last year that I have increasingly embraced the simple/house/organic church expression. I have found such peace and love, been drawn so close and deep into intimacy with the Lord, had such wonderful fellowship at home and abroad. It has been really tough on many occasions as I’ve pressed through several barriers, issues, oppositions and downright cruelties, but I’m so grateful to the Lord that He has me right where I am now and I would do it all again to experience my current life and be filled with the excitement and expectation that I now have. I’ve lost a few pals on the way but the ones I’ve kept or gained have more than made up my losses.
The problem is that when I’m asked what I’m up to, it’s like Peter says … inexpressible joy! Words just don’t do it… it really is better felt than tellt!
I’m really looking forward like never before to whatever is next. I feel the Lord has shown me a lot of things He wants me to do but as yet – not when….delicious!
If you’re reading this and you are in an institutional church and you want more, want to be closer to the Lord, more in love with Him, more passionate, more excitement, more intimacy, more participation, more individual expression of who you are and affirmation of what you be…please ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the key to real freedom, your freedom, real Christian liberty, realism in thought, word and deed rather than being spoonfed another’s ‘vision’! Not to mention held in bondage by the neo-Pharisees that lurk under quite a few rocks these days.
I commend to you the books listed in my bibliography and subsequent posts. I have found these people to be deeply dedicated God lovers and free thinkers, unshackled by the secularist business speak that has infected the Bride with serious and serial acne. Their collective cry to you and me is to think and be free before Him who made you to be free.
I’ll probably take a caning from some of my mates for that last statement, but I find a lot of christians are rather avoidant of addressing and recognising reality and certainly afraid to live the Word other than selectively [ I know I'm still guilty of that selectivity but I'm working on it and at last am prepared to acknowledge it ]
I’d just like to finish by thanking those local fellowships who have been and continue to be such warm places when I visit. What a paradox – eh!? Funny old thing love isn’t it. Although I don’t want to be in an old style fellowship or denomination I still love what the Lord is doing there and would encourage you all to break out of the timetable and visit your brothers and sisters in other denominations and get blessed there too!
With much love
Dave
March 09