We are still waiting for our visa … However over the last few weeks we have continued to work hard on various aspects of the transition for our teams here in Northern Ireland. As mentioned previously the intention is for our good friends Pete and Bryony to widen their oversight to cover Pais here in…
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Watch out USA Update 2
Two weeks ago we announced some news about a new adventure we are preparing to embark on and have been busy doing what we can to get ready for the new role with the Pais Movement and relocating the family to Arlington, Texas. We are still waiting on our visas but we have begun selling many…
Staff Devotions: Mark 4 Parables & Storms
In chapter 4 Mark records 4 parables Jesus teaches and an account of the storm he calms. The first parable Mark retells is the parable of the sower, one of the few that Jesus explains later to His disciples. In some ways it is not out of place in a modern context because most of…
Gig Review: NI Music Prize 2016 – Ash
Last Friday my wife and I attended the NI Music Awards 2016 presentation of the OH Yeah Legends award to Ash. Growing up in the 90s as teenagers Ash were one of our favourite bands and we were excited to be out together. We’d been talking about it for a while and were excited to…
Staff Devotions – Mark 3: The Pharisaical Irony
At the beginning of Mark 3 we find Jesus in a Synagogue again. Mark documents, there he noticed a man with a deformed hand. Should He heal on the sabbath, the holy day, set apart for God, instructed to be devoid of work? The Pharisees didn’t seem to think so, Mark already made that point…
Pais Ireland: Staff Devotions MK2
Mark chapter 2 continues recounting stories of Jesus healing, with one of my favourite instances where a paralysed man’s friends carry him to Jesus and when they find they cannot get him to Jesus, climb up onto the roof, dig a hole and lower him down in front of Jesus. How desperate are we for…
Because You’re Loved Promo: An Explanation
Earlier in September during our Pais Ireland training I took a group of our new teams down to the beach to help me film a short promo about my recently release book. I wanted to capture some of our hope behind Because You’re Loved as a initiative in motion, part of the wider Pais movement….
Pais Ireland: Staff Devotions
This term I have decided to take a read through the gospel of mark together with our staff team. Once a week we meet for devotions, training and staff meeting. Similar to most teams who are part of the Pais Movement (paismovment.com) we use haverim (haverimdevotions.com) as a helpful method to explore together some of…
Because You’re Loved Book Launch
I am looking forward to gathering with friends tonight to celebrate the launch of a book I never thought I had in me. Writing a book has never particularly been on my radar. For so long music was always my passion and I always hoped that it might be something in that direction I would…
A Post From The Heart
Another exciting year only recently ended but we are already busy getting ready for a new crew of apprentices starting in just a weeks time. As I get things in place for the new teams training, organising accommodation, food, schedules, seminar notes, transportation, and lots more I am becoming increasingly aware our horizon is on…