I went along to the Starbucks coffee shop in Glasgow last night to meet some folk for the first time.This came about through the Emerging Scotland site and a desire to put some faces to the people who post there.
Firstly let me say Starbucks would be the last place I would ever go to meet with anybody in town just not my scene.SO I went along feeling a but stupid and nervous not knowing anybody.But I'm glad I went it was great to meet people who are on a journey that is open and honest .

After some general chat I found myself in full flow and relaxed .So a big thanks to those who listened to my chatter and to those who chatted back.

Picture says it all.

Trying to understand God is a bit like trying to catch the wind.

Over the last few years as a group we have been through many changes but our group remained about the same size.We gave up on the whole idea of church growth in fact we killed that golden calf .
But all of a sudden people have started to join with us.These people are not being asked to come along and spend time with us.They are asking if they can come and join with us on our journey.Some of them have been hurt in the past by religion some have been hurt by life and some are just hungry for God.
So as we thought about why now and what God was up to we came to the only conclusion we could which is that somehow or other people must be seeing some thing of Jesus in who we have become.So our job is not to try and figure it out but to respond to God and those around us and give them the courage they need to move closer to God .I feel blessed to be part of peoples journey and hopefully we can respond the way Jesus responded to those who came to him.Show them the kingdom and then walk with them whatever comes along.