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Come and see my amazing friends

May 29, 2013by Martin Leave a comment

Two of my very best friends in the world, Tom and Lesley Thompson, have taken the admirable and adrenaline-pumping risk of planting a church. This is not something they’ve done […]

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Faith, Uncategorized

Comic Relief Humbug Rage

March 15, 2013by Martin 14 Comments

You probably shouldn’t write blog posts when you’re angry, but something I’ve read this morning has got me decidedly cross. I’d go so far as to say it’s the stupidest, […]

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Blogging, Church

Bjorn for Youth Work: The 11th and penultimate offering

March 5, 2013by Martin Leave a comment

So we near the end of this republishing of the Bjorn for Youth Work legend. Having read it back, I’ve been really surprised at how well – in my humble […]

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Faith, Humour, Youth Ministry

Bjorn for Youth Work: 10 of 12

February 25, 2013by Martin Leave a comment

An exciting few weeks for Bjorn for Youth Work. Not only has the readership rocketed into double figures; a movie version has now been discussed. Just between me and my […]

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Humour, Youth Ministry

A few things we’ll never do with God52

February 22, 2013by Martin 3 Comments

You may be aware of God52 – the very organic little initiative which grew out of a new year’s resolution and into a community of people doing spiritual formation challenges […]

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Blogging, Church, Faith, Technology

The God who pursues us: A talk, by me

February 21, 2013by Martin 1 Comment

I’ve never done this before, and I won’t make a habit of it, but I’ve had so much encouragement about a talk I gave this weekend at St Mary’s Reigate, […]

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Speaking

Bjorn for youth work: 6

January 21, 2013by Martin 4 Comments

The adventures of Sweden’s finest volunteer youth worker continue. We’re now half-way through the series which originally ran in Youthwork magazine. You’ll be relieved to know this story does go […]

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Faith, Humour

Religion for Atheists – a masterclass in missing the point

January 15, 2013by Martin 2 Comments

Alain de Botton is very pleased with himself. ‘At last’ (!), proclaims the blurb for his book Religion for Atheists, ‘the boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved […]

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Culture, Faith

Bjorn for Youth Work: Number five

January 14, 2013by Martin 1 Comment

I’m continuing to serialise the 2004/5 Youthwork magazine ‘comedy’ column on my blog because frankly, I’m still really proud of it. If you’ve never read any Bjorn, you might want […]

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Humour, Youth Ministry

Young people and the power of story

January 10, 2013by Martin 3 Comments

EDIT – 8.4.13 – I have a few copies of The Ideas Factory for sale here. These are sold at cost price to me – why not buy one for […]

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Church, Faith, Writing, Youth Ministry

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