As promised in yesterday’s post, this is the counterpart and lists 10 reasons why I love church. It will hopefully help us as we think about how we fulfil our vision to make a positive difference in Dublin spiritually, culturally and socially. And by the way, I am a ‘glass half full’ kinda guy and […]
Category Archives: Vision & Values
10 things I hate about Church
This Sunday we finish off our series in the book of Colossians and have spent a week looking at our vision under the title ‘A Church Not For Ourselves’. I wrote a blog post a while back saying that our church should be for the good of the city and engaging to sceptics and this is […]
A Church Not For Ourselves (Our Vision – part 2)
An archbishop from a previous century famously said “The Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non–members.” “If only that were true” I hear you say! Well that is certainly our ambition and vision; we want to be a church that primarily exists not for ourselves but for those who do not normally go to church and for […]
Stop The Tall Poppy Syndrome (Value 4)
The tall poppy syndrome is a perjorative term used to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers. Why do I mention all this? Because the 4th and final value of Christ City Church is Leadership. […]
Where is the love? (Value 3)
There are many reasons why people don’t believe in Jesus. Some intellectual (doubts and objections), some emotional (pain and suffering) and some relational (the church sucks!). In this blog post I want to look at number 3 and talk about our third value as a church: community, which guides us to fulfil our vision of making […]
When will I grow up? (Value 2)
My little boy has just turned 5 years old. And on the night before his 5th birthday (we had been counting down from 10 sleeps) he started to ask me questions about what going to happen when he was 5. “Will I be bigger?” “Will I grow taller?” “Will I be grown up?” He expected […]
What happened to all the fun? (Value 1)
What is the first thing you think of when you think of God? Angry man in the sky? A delusion and invention of mankind to keep us in order? Jesus? Love? Well, what is the first thing you think of when you think of church? Boring? Irrelevant? Outdated? Man wearing a dress? Pews? Mass? Jesus? […]
A Provocative Church (Our Vision – part 1)
I am friends with a guy who is starting up a tech company in Dublin called Vivos. The central idea behind the company comes from Howard Thurman, a 20th Century preacher, civil rights activist and spiritual mentor to Martin Luther King. He said: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, […]