Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com We need Jesus! It’s Holy Week, the period between the triumphal entry into Jerusalem by Jesus and His crucifixion. In such a short time the crowds have gone from singing His praises to baying for His blood. This just illustrates the fickleness at the heart of humanity that languishes … Continue reading Being Barnabas: Means Being You
Risk-taking is a heart attitude Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at what it means to 'Be Barnabas', and how when we look at the life of Barnabas, as someone who is following Jesus, we see someone who was all in and someone who takes risks. Both those actions reveal the heart of … Continue reading Being Barnabas: Means Trusting God
Photo by erdinu00e7 ersoy on Pexels.com Being all in Last week I shared about the history of us attempting to be a Barnabas community, and how like Barnabas, this has required us to be ‘all in’. Barnabas was all in, with his money, with his reputation/status and with how he was with people. This is … Continue reading Being Barnabas: means taking Risks
Photo by Joel Riquelme on Pexels.com The Journey so far… Almost exactly 5 years ago, in January 2019, we published our first blog about what it meant for us to be ‘a Barnabas Community’. We had begun talking about the characteristics revealed in the person of Barnabas around the middle of 2018, inspired by a … Continue reading Being Barnabas: means being all in
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Word #3 - Unsettling With two out of three words picked, it’s now time for word number 3, and for me, that third word that describes Barnabas and his impact on those around him is unsettling. That may sound like a strange word to pick, as the idea of … Continue reading Being Barnabas – means being Unsettling
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com Word #2 - Determined About 6 months ago I wrote the first in a series of blogs around what it means to ‘Be Barnabas’. That blog was around the first of three words I would use to describe Barnabas, the word I picked was ‘Generous’. I think seeing generosity … Continue reading Being Barnabas – means being Determined
Photo by Kevin Malik on Pexels.com Barnabas in three words! I like words, and I like talking, and I like Barnabas, so bringing this down to the three words is tricky, especially as I think Barnabas represents something very significant for us as a family and church community, but also for the wider church across … Continue reading Being Barnabas: Means being Generous
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com A New Hope A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… OK, so perhaps not so far away, but still, a long time ago. 20 years ago, a visiting Preacher from South Africa spoke a word to Steve, “I sense there’s a Barnabas grace on your life…” Apparently, … Continue reading Being Barnabas: A Retrospective
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