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The aformentioned Logo

During our recent worship morning I shared briefly on the 'dancing Lord'. The strange Greek word perichoresis refers to the eternal dance of the God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Theologians have long recognised that 'dance' is perhaps one of the best ways of portraying the way the Godhead interracts and includes humanity into the relationship of the trinity. This radical understanding of the dance in which we are called to participate is symbolised in our logo at The Well. Many fail to see this as they first look at our colourful round logo,(top left); Three fish of primary colours (the source of all other colours) dance in unity and harmony to generate all the colours of life. Our lives are called to an adventure of grace. We are called to learn the steps of the Trinity as we follow Christ. Christianity is not about laws and rules, or do's and do'nts. Jesus offered us new life, and indicated that this life would be like a dance, one that wou...

Jesus was obsessed with the Kingdom of God. All of his parables and teachings centre on the Kingdom; Mustard seeds, feasts, yeast, camels, lost pennies, rich men, prostitutes and tax collectors, children, water & spirit, houses, ploughs, servants, kings, eyes plucked out… all these are used to teach us something that Jesus is so passionate about that he makes it the focus of his message and the centre of our calling. (Luke10:9) Yet would many of us continue to pray; ‘Your Kingdom come’ if we knew that in the short term it could result in the loss of our job, or our home; the persecution of our church, or the suffering of those we love? Those early believers, whom Jesus taught to pray the Kingdom, saw it coming in power (Mk9:1). The effects were seen both in miracles and persecution. They saw people converted and healed…and with it many lost their jobs (even their lives) and were hounded from one city to the next…The Kingdom of God is subversive in the extreme. It doesn’t just ‘tran...