Great friends are such a gift to our lives. We need the input of numerous people to help us feel fulfilled in our lives.We can sometimes find that agenda plays a role in our friendships and can spoil the impact that we can have on our friends and vice-versa.Today we look at the importance of friends, the role agenda can play and how we sometimes need to be prepared to move on.Feel free to listen in xxx

Great friends are such a gift to our lives. We need the input of numerous people to help us feel fulfilled in our lives. We can sometimes find that agenda plays a role in our friendships and can spoil the impact that we can have on our friends and vice-versa. Today we look at the importance of friends, the role agenda can play and how we sometimes need to be prepared to move on. Feel free to listen in xxx

Love without agenda / Your friends // 09/07/23

We don’t choose our neighbours, so we have to work out how to relate to them.How do we love our neighbours? What does that look like? And how can agenda influence the way we behave in those relationships?Those are just some of the questions that we’ll be considering in this talk.Feel free to listen in xxx

We don’t choose our neighbours, so we have to work out how to relate to them. How do we love our neighbours? What does that look like? And how can agenda influence the way we behave in those relationships? Those are just some of the questions that we’ll be considering in this talk. Feel free to listen in xxx

Love without Agenda / Your Neighbours // 25/06/23

We spend around half of our waking ours in the workplace, so who we are in that environment is incredibly important.Today we’ll look at the kind of worker we need to be, think about how agenda can affect our contribution and consider what love looks like in the workplace.Feel free to listen in xxx

We spend around half of our waking ours in the workplace, so who we are in that environment is incredibly important. Today we’ll look at the kind of worker we need to be, think about how agenda can affect our contribution and consider what love looks like in the workplace. Feel free to listen in xxx

Love without Agenda / The Workplace // 11/06/23

If we’re meant to become love to all people then does that mean we need to be best friends with everyone?The thought of that is pretty daunting and, luckily, the answer is no.Today we look at the different dynamics of our friendships and how we will function differently depending on the scenario.Feel free to listen in x

If we’re meant to become love to all people then does that mean we need to be best friends with everyone? The thought of that is pretty daunting and, luckily, the answer is no. Today we look at the different dynamics of our friendships and how we will function differently depending on the scenario. Feel free to listen in x

Love without agenda / Understanding dynamics of friendship // 28/05/23

Bob Goff writes in ‘Everybody Always’ that love with an agenda is no longer love.Today we introduce a series that aims to help us work out how we can become love to the people that we meet in our lives.Our hope is that we can begin to be the kind of people that Jesus would be if he was in our shoes.Feel free to listen in x

Bob Goff writes in ‘Everybody Always’ that love with an agenda is no longer love. Today we introduce a series that aims to help us work out how we can become love to the people that we meet in our lives. Our hope is that we can begin to be the kind of people that Jesus would be if he was in our shoes. Feel free to listen in x

Love without agenda / Intro // 21/05/23

Reports of spiritual abuse are becoming increasingly common. With that in mind, we wanted to take some time to understand was spiritual abuse is, how to effectively support people who’ve been spiritually abused and how we can create healthy cultures that can stop spiritual abuse taking place.Feel free to listen in x

Reports of spiritual abuse are becoming increasingly common. With that in mind, we wanted to take some time to understand was spiritual abuse is, how to effectively support people who’ve been spiritually abused and how we can create healthy cultures that can stop spiritual abuse taking place. Feel free to listen in x

Spiritual Abuse / What is it and how can we create healthy cultures to avoid it happening? // 14/03/23

When we experience difficult things, the natural response is to run away from those emotions and attempt to eradicate them from our lives. Emotions like fear and anxiety can become debilitating, but in those times we can also harness some positives that can equip us to move forward.That’s what we’re looking at today - feel free to listen in x

When we experience difficult things, the natural response is to run away from those emotions and attempt to eradicate them from our lives. Emotions like fear and anxiety can become debilitating, but in those times we can also harness some positives that can equip us to move forward. That’s what we’re looking at today - feel free to listen in x

Finding a positive // 30/04/23

We all need a certain amount of ego to have the confidence to do things. Getting the balance with ego can be a lot trickier than we realise, if left unchecked, it can begin to subtly impact so many things and affect how we feel and how we act.This is what we’re thinking about today - feel free to listen in x

We all need a certain amount of ego to have the confidence to do things. Getting the balance with ego can be a lot trickier than we realise, if left unchecked, it can begin to subtly impact so many things and affect how we feel and how we act. This is what we’re thinking about today - feel free to listen in x

Ego - Getting the balance right // 23/04/23

Today we have the pleasure of listening to Sadie talking about our mentality towards other people.It’s easy to make love conditional, especially when people have made mistakes, but God continually models to us what real love look likes like, with no buts.Feel free to listen in xxx

Today we have the pleasure of listening to Sadie talking about our mentality towards other people. It’s easy to make love conditional, especially when people have made mistakes, but God continually models to us what real love look likes like, with no buts. Feel free to listen in xxx

God loves you, no buts / Sadie Wild // 16/04/23

We can easily reduce repentance down to a single moment of saying sorry and treat that as the point of change.The reality of repentance is that it is way more than that and is more of a process that we need take time with.Today we look deeper in to this area and begin to look at ways of reframing our thinking around repentance that aims to give us a healthy perspective as we move forward with God.

We can easily reduce repentance down to a single moment of saying sorry and treat that as the point of change. The reality of repentance is that it is way more than that and is more of a process that we need take time with. Today we look deeper in to this area and begin to look at ways of reframing our thinking around repentance that aims to give us a healthy perspective as we move forward with God.

Reframing Repentance // 26/03/23

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The Living Room

Loving your neighbour is a clear biblical concept, but how does that work in reality, what are the things that distract us from making a difference to our neighbours and how can agenda creep in and disrupt those relationships?

Loving your neighbour is a clear biblical concept, but how does that work in reality, what are the things that distract us from making a difference to our neighbours and how can agenda creep in and disrupt those relationships?

Love without Agenda // Part 1 / Your Neighbours / 27/01/19

Whether we are passionate about our work or we feel like it is just a means to end, God is able to use us in that situation. How do we allow our faith to impact the way we work, allowing God to shape our motives and focus our attention on being a great colleague and employee. We spend around half of our waking hours at work - so it's worth asking God to be with us rather than leaving Him in the staff cloakroom.

Whether we are passionate about our work or we feel like it is just a means to end, God is able to use us in that situation. How do we allow our faith to impact the way we work, allowing God to shape our motives and focus our attention on being a great colleague and employee. We spend around half of our waking hours at work - so it's worth asking God to be with us rather than leaving Him in the staff cloakroom.

Love without Agenda // Part 2 / Your Workplace / 03/02/19

When friendship works well it can be one of the most inspiring and fulfilling experiences for us. Agenda can subtly erode the potential positive impact of friendship. How can we begin to function in a way that enables us to get the most from our friendship and model how friendship can work effectively.

When friendship works well it can be one of the most inspiring and fulfilling experiences for us. Agenda can subtly erode the potential positive impact of friendship. How can we begin to function in a way that enables us to get the most from our friendship and model how friendship can work effectively.

Love without Agenda // Part 3 / Your Friends / 10/02/19

Loving those closest to us without an agenda can be tricky. We naturally want the best for them but what we want to happen can easily takeover. What are the challenges that we need t be aware of and how can we become people who love those closest to s with authenticity and without strings attached.

Loving those closest to us without an agenda can be tricky. We naturally want the best for them but what we want to happen can easily takeover. What are the challenges that we need t be aware of and how can we become people who love those closest to s with authenticity and without strings attached.

Love without Agenda // Part 4 / Those Close / 17/02/19

Our connection with God can be seriously compromised if our agenda begins to drive how we relate to Him. What are the pitfalls for us to be aware of and how can we love God without agenda, enabling us to thrive through that relationship.

Our connection with God can be seriously compromised if our agenda begins to drive how we relate to Him. What are the pitfalls for us to be aware of and how can we love God without agenda, enabling us to thrive through that relationship.

Love without Agenda // Part 6 / Loving God / 03/03/19

When we talk about loving without agenda, the temptation is to always focus on others, sometimes as a way of drawing us away from self-centeredness. The reality is, if we fail to love ourselves then it becomes so much harder to genuinely love others. We need to find the balance.

When we talk about loving without agenda, the temptation is to always focus on others, sometimes as a way of drawing us away from self-centeredness. The reality is, if we fail to love ourselves then it becomes so much harder to genuinely love others. We need to find the balance.

Love without Agenda // Part 5 / Loving Yourself / 24/02/19

Sometimes it can be hard to know how we should respond or deal with certain situations. What if someone thinks differently to me? What if they have different values or behaviours? How do I respond in a way that remains true to who God wants me to be?Today we look at how choosing to love will always win.Feel free to listen in.

Sometimes it can be hard to know how we should respond or deal with certain situations. What if someone thinks differently to me? What if they have different values or behaviours? How do I respond in a way that remains true to who God wants me to be? Today we look at how choosing to love will always win. Feel free to listen in.

Love always wins // 10/05/20

We all have a perspective of what transformation should look like. How do we cope when it doesn't happen in the way that we expect and how can we have a healthy approach to allow real transformation to take its course.

We all have a perspective of what transformation should look like. How do we cope when it doesn't happen in the way that we expect and how can we have a healthy approach to allow real transformation to take its course.

What does transformation actually look like // 26/04/20

We're all experiencing some form of lockdown, it's not necessarily peaceful, but we are forced to stop and that gives us the chance to ask an important question, when all of this is over, what will I change?

We're all experiencing some form of lockdown, it's not necessarily peaceful, but we are forced to stop and that gives us the chance to ask an important question, when all of this is over, what will I change?

What happens when all of this is over // 05/04/20

In the middle of these strange and uncertain times, we can find ourselves overwhelmed with fear. Today we look at how we face fear with faith.

In the middle of these strange and uncertain times, we can find ourselves overwhelmed with fear. Today we look at how we face fear with faith.

Facing Fear // 29/03/20

The journey of discipleship seems fairly straight forward. In an ideal world people travel on an upward trajectory, growing in knowledge and faith, enabling them to get closer to God through the process.This ideal pathway seems to fall apart when we experience moments life that cause us to doubt, wrestle and question how life, and God, actually works.Today we look to redefine our understanding of the foundations of discipleship and look at a framework that truly allows people to grow, even through the most challenging of times.Feel free to listen in. We hope it resonates with you and makes you think.

The journey of discipleship seems fairly straight forward. In an ideal world people travel on an upward trajectory, growing in knowledge and faith, enabling them to get closer to God through the process. This ideal pathway seems to fall apart when we experience moments life that cause us to doubt, wrestle and question how life, and God, actually works. Today we look to redefine our understanding of the foundations of discipleship and look at a framework that truly allows people to grow, even through the most challenging of times. Feel free to listen in. We hope it resonates with you and makes you think.

Thinking about discipleship //15/03/20

When we talk about Salvation, it usually centres around the decision that people make to follow God. Salvation is actually way bigger than that. It's a much wider story about rescue, deliverance and preservation from harm - not just in the future but in the here and now.When we grab hold of this, it makes the world of difference to the way we live our lives.That's what we're talking about today. Feel free to listen.

When we talk about Salvation, it usually centres around the decision that people make to follow God. Salvation is actually way bigger than that. It's a much wider story about rescue, deliverance and preservation from harm - not just in the future but in the here and now. When we grab hold of this, it makes the world of difference to the way we live our lives. That's what we're talking about today. Feel free to listen.

Salvation. More than a ticket // 08/03/20

When we go to church, we're often looking to be inspired, educated and connected to God. This is such a worthwhile pursuit, but balance is also important. There are some days when we might feel like we can't change the world - and that's okay.Today we discuss the importance of balancing the push to be better alongside the need for us to be real and honest about where we are at.Feel free to listen in.

When we go to church, we're often looking to be inspired, educated and connected to God. This is such a worthwhile pursuit, but balance is also important. There are some days when we might feel like we can't change the world - and that's okay. Today we discuss the importance of balancing the push to be better alongside the need for us to be real and honest about where we are at. Feel free to listen in.

I'm not sure that i'm going to be able to change the world today // 01/03/20

When we are trying to work out what we should do, how we should behave and how we should treat people, the best response is to look to the life of Jesus and take our lead from Him.

When we are trying to work out what we should do, how we should behave and how we should treat people, the best response is to look to the life of Jesus and take our lead from Him.

What would Jesus do? // 23/02/20

When we make the decision to pursue God, feeling a connection with Him becomes so important. Today we look at how God can be closer than we think and consider how that connection with Him can have an impact on how we function in our lives.

When we make the decision to pursue God, feeling a connection with Him becomes so important. Today we look at how God can be closer than we think and consider how that connection with Him can have an impact on how we function in our lives.

God is with us // 16/02/20

Isolation is a clear issue in our society. When community is done well, it can be a great anti-dote to disconnection and isolation. Today we look at the key elements that a church community needs to prioritise in order to provide a safe space; a place of welcome and true acceptance.Feel free to listen in.

Isolation is a clear issue in our society. When community is done well, it can be a great anti-dote to disconnection and isolation. Today we look at the key elements that a church community needs to prioritise in order to provide a safe space; a place of welcome and true acceptance. Feel free to listen in.

Combatting the crisis of connection with community

The way we connect with each other has significantly changed over the last 10 years. Today we look at the challenges we face in this area and consider how we can develop deeper connections and make a significant difference to the people around us.

The way we connect with each other has significantly changed over the last 10 years. Today we look at the challenges we face in this area and consider how we can develop deeper connections and make a significant difference to the people around us.

Combatting the crisis of connection with people

Resilience

When we have to walk through challenging times, the last thing we expect to find is treasure. It's not something we look for or expect to find, but when we reflect on that time, and when we allow ourselves time to process everything that has taken place, we can find treasure that we never expected.In today's podcast, Han shares her story of facing multiple miscarriages, experiencing the depths of despair and disillusionment but battling through to find a thread of hope that would carry her forward.Feel free to listen in.

When we have to walk through challenging times, the last thing we expect to find is treasure. It's not something we look for or expect to find, but when we reflect on that time, and when we allow ourselves time to process everything that has taken place, we can find treasure that we never expected. In today's podcast, Han shares her story of facing multiple miscarriages, experiencing the depths of despair and disillusionment but battling through to find a thread of hope that would carry her forward. Feel free to listen in.

Stories of resilience // The treasures of darkness / 08/12/19

When we face challenging times our prayer can often be centred around our need for God to remove the challenge and free us from the situation, but when we reflect on those hard times, our resilience is developed by learning to walk through valley as opposed to be plucked from it.Today's story focusses on just that and highlights the impact that that journey can have on us as we move forward.

When we face challenging times our prayer can often be centred around our need for God to remove the challenge and free us from the situation, but when we reflect on those hard times, our resilience is developed by learning to walk through valley as opposed to be plucked from it. Today's story focusses on just that and highlights the impact that that journey can have on us as we move forward.

Stories of resilience // Through the valley / 01/12/19

Resilience can be developed in so many different ways. We can reach a place in life where we feel that we've managed to overcome the challenges that life has thrown at us only to realise that there's still some baggage that we're carrying that will impact our future.In this podcast we talk to Becky about her story, looking at the things that have shaped her and the hope that she has found through her own story of resilience.Feel free to listen in.

Resilience can be developed in so many different ways. We can reach a place in life where we feel that we've managed to overcome the challenges that life has thrown at us only to realise that there's still some baggage that we're carrying that will impact our future. In this podcast we talk to Becky about her story, looking at the things that have shaped her and the hope that she has found through her own story of resilience. Feel free to listen in.

Stories of Resilience // The cloud of my past / 24/11/19

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