When We Are Lost

Mar 7, 2025Mar 8, 2025 / abrokenpastor / Leave a comment

Hope Scrolling 3 of 40 When We Are Lost By Ruth Partridge #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling

Holding on to Hope

Mar 6, 2025Mar 8, 2025 / abrokenpastor / 1 Comment

Hope Scrolling 2 of 40 Holding On To Hope By Jenni Osborn #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling

On and On

Mar 5, 2025Mar 7, 2025 / abrokenpastor / 1 Comment

Hope Scrolling 1 of 40 On and On By A Broken Pastor #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling

Hope Scrolling

Mar 4, 2025Mar 7, 2025 / abrokenpastor / 1 Comment

The news is all a bit doom and gloom to say the least. I was reading something earlier and the term "doom scrolling" popped out of the screen at me. Someone was asking how do we find hope and positivity at the moment. Well, there's loads of it about but it doesn't sell papers or … Continue reading Hope Scrolling

Disabled People and the Post-Covid Church: Exiled, Cast Out or Treated with Special Care?

Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021 / abrokenpastor / 2 Comments

Covid-19 has impacted us all; there is no question about that. Whether you have suffered with the virus yourself, watched as loved ones suffer and possible die, struggled with the uncertainty and restrictions or been revitalised by the change of pace and space from other people we have all touched. In the early days of … Continue reading Disabled People and the Post-Covid Church: Exiled, Cast Out or Treated with Special Care?

Love. Hate. Run?

Feb 22, 2021Feb 23, 2021 / abrokenpastor / 2 Comments

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you..."Matthew 5:43-44 I'll be honest, I don't really have an enemy. There is no one that I know who I really, genuinely hate. The closest are probably those on the … Continue reading Love. Hate. Run?

Changing Seasons

Jan 6, 2021Jan 5, 2021 / abrokenpastor / Leave a comment

Less than two weeks ago the final post in our advent series of guest blogs launched into the blogosphere and subsequently we welcomed in the first day of Christmas, yet it seems much longer. I awoke recently to the radio and heard a discussion about whether the 5th or 6th January marks the 12th Day … Continue reading Changing Seasons

Love Abides

Dec 24, 2020 / abrokenpastor / Leave a comment

Written by Dawn Cole-Savidge Love may abide here I will, to abide in loveNot in loves absence I look a my babies overwhelmed by the love I have, literally overwhelmed. It's almost painful. This time last year my world was changed, I remember feeling terrified, unsure, out of my depth. I've watched them grow over … Continue reading Love Abides

Joy

Dec 23, 2020Dec 21, 2020 / abrokenpastor / Leave a comment

By Matthew Forsyth At the start of my ministry journey at a local church in South London I remember saying at the start of my sermon ‘I am not here for your happiness but for your joy’ The faces of those in the congregation certainly seemed to reflect what is largely misunderstand about happiness vs … Continue reading Joy

Hoped For…

Dec 21, 2020Dec 17, 2020 / abrokenpastor / Leave a comment

Written by Ashley Cooper Have you bought all your gifts yet? I imagine that more of our Christmas shopping will be done online this year than any other year. The internet is amazing, but I do miss going round the stores searching for that perfect gift. And when it’s for someone really special, we take … Continue reading Hoped For…