I wanted to blog about some of the questions that students ask. RealityBites is a ministry that creates space for people to ask questions about life, the universe and, of course, Hertfordshire. We try to arouse curiosity in people about God, idolatry and the kingdom of Jesus. We do this Read more…
A simple and effective way to talk about the Christian faith is to craft speech acts about heroes and villains. For example, I was talking recently to a financial adviser about investing money in a variety of portfolios and my wife, Anne and I became bothered about the dodgy nature Read more…
In this course we look at the things celebrities do and say and then we invite young adults (18-21 years of age) to respond. What is an intelligent Christian response? Each session has the following structure: Outline celebrity comments with appropriate storytelling. How do you respond? Your thoughts on Paris Read more…
Happy Easter! Christ is risen and his kingdom is breaking into our world. Have you heard this poignant and challenging Tony Campolo story? Tony was walking towards the Holiday Inn in the middle of Port-au-Prince when he was intercepted by three teenage girls. The oldest was about 15. The one Read more…
So we have another story about a young person who has suffered trauma and misery through a perceived lack of physical perfection. In 2008, Imogen D’Arcy, a 13 year old girl from Leeds committed suicide because she thought she was “fat and ugly”. Danny Bowman has appeared on British TV Read more…
Thanks so much to the Light Church in Bradford which invited me to speak about Celebrity Culture, Discipleship and Evangelism at their Café Theology. Gareth Jones was a superb Master of Ceremonies. I love working with ‘Taffy’. About fifty people attended and we got some great feedback. Gareth and I believe Read more…
In the past few weeks, RealityBites director Mark Roques has partnered with Whistling Frog Productions (Bradford) and St George’s church in Leeds to bring RB stories and teaching to thousands of people in West Yorkshire. On Christmas day Mark delivered six football monologues on the Pulse of West Yorkshire radio Read more…