Stoking the Furnace

The Furnace continues to fire! This is a great week, with very long hours, and very good friendships, and very good times with God and with his people.

The cafe is a joy. Being able to sit with great men of God and speak to them of their lives and calling and hear how they work is a total privilege. David Parker was awesomely inspiring, but then Dai Hankey and Kenny Borthwick were also remarkable, and last night with Nigel James was both fun and inspiring all at the same time.
David came back to speak at one of our eveing meetings, and was simple and direct, calling us to dig deep wells into the Scriptures so that God's living water could flow deeply in our lives. The ministry afterwards was wonderful. Many folk were gloriously touched by the Spirit.

And the weekend band have been supplanted by Superhero, who have joined up with Matt Collins. This is them all pretending to be keyboard players. They are phenomenal. There is a world of difference between a collection of good musuicians and a BAND. A group who play as a unit, a seemless flowing machine. And Matt's worship leading is a joy - a thing of beauty and simplicity.

The team is great. Great. I love them to bits. All of them.

And now - I fancy an afternoon nap. More snaps to come!