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Worship that tastes like heaven
Every time we gather as one body from different tribes, languages, backgrounds, and we submit to one another, sing each others’ songs in each other's languages, we tell Satan loud and clear that he has lost and Jesus has won!
Noah Bartlett
Jun 225 min read


A New Northern Irish Perspective
If you stand on top of Black Mountain on a clear day you see the city of Belfast spilling out before you to the east, north and south. Rows of red brick terraced houses. Old and new centres of leisure, business and academia rising at its heart. Slightly to the east of the centre stand the giant yellow Harland and Wolff cranes christened ‘Samson’ and ‘Goliath’. Old docklands nestle under their shadows. At one time the busiest docks in the world, to be discarded, becoming a was
Nathaniel Jennings
Jun 1021 min read


Seeing and Seeking the Kingdom of God in Polarized Times
It is often said don’t to talk about politics in church. However, you can’t honestly and helpfully talk about church and mission today without acknowledging the current social and political climate in which we seek to carry it out. The evangelical Anglican theologian John Stott said we have to be Jesus’ disciples, living his way, in his world, by having ‘a bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other.’ And if we do not reflect on what is going on in the world and society ar
Nathaniel Jennings
Feb 116 min read


A refugee, an unborn child and an elderly couple walk into the christmas story
The Christmas story invites us not to choose a side of the road on which to stand but to stand boldly, graciously and lovingly in the middle being a prophetic voice to all sides as we proclaim that God is the God of the unborn, the elderly and the refugee.
Noah Bartlett
Dec 18, 20254 min read


JUSTICE, JESUS AND REFUGEES
Bob* lines up outside Katekhaki Asylum offices on the outskirts of central Athens. It’s 5am but the line is already long and the chances...
Noah Bartlett
Aug 21, 20254 min read


Ireland, the Land of Welcomes
‘Céad míle fáilte’ are the warm words that greet visitors to Ireland, meaning ‘100 000 welcomes’. The phrase is not in the widely...
Nathaniel Jennings
Aug 20, 20256 min read


I have no place to sleep
‘I have no place to sleep!’. Many times in my three and a half years working with people seeking asylum in Athens I heard this sentence....
Noah Bartlett
Jul 23, 20252 min read


What about people who can levitate?
‘What about people who can levitate or read minds?’... I like to think I am good on my feet and not easily shocked or taken by surprise...
Noah Bartlett
Apr 18, 20254 min read


IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES FOR GROWING CHRIST-CENTRED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITIES
The journey towards becoming a truly intercultural church takes intentionality. Here are some concrete ideas for seeking put this into...
Nathaniel Jennings
Apr 7, 20253 min read


Treasures of the Nations
Discipling Multicultural Children and Young People Nathaniel Jennings Many of the children and youth in an intercultural church will be...
imireland
Oct 14, 20249 min read
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