A rainbow sits over the skies of Croydon tonight and as  I stand  in the street to look at at so others walikng along stop to notice it too. There is a sense of joy at this sight in the street.

Today is the day of atonement for Jews( some of the Children in my school are on an official day of observance)

What a perfect day for a rainbow

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Shame is possibly the greatest bondage man can ever live in. It is deceptive and it negates your true identity.It  sits on you as passivity stopping you allowing yourself to love yourself. Why?.... because it  makes you feel ashamed of your issues. We all have them; our flesh contains them and for many understandable reasons; shame wants to put you in denial..there is the bondage..

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One of the things that I enjoy about travelling is that I get to meet some interesting people. This week in Philadelphia has been no exception. I am facilitating a global training programme for a really interesting group of senior executives.  Yesterday I had dinner with a Chief Financial Officer from Canada named Mark, who as it turned out is a Christian.  We had a great discussion during which he told me a story about Tolkien & CS Lewis. Mark told me that Tolkien once asked Lewis What is that differentiates Christianity from all other faith systems? Without pausing for thought CS Lewis replied Grace! I thought about CS Lewis answer, grace is indeed the X-Factor it is the sine qua non of Christianity. 

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Whilst it is undoubtedly true that we are saved by grace through faith alone [Eph 2:8], it is surely not God s heart for us to live alone by faith.  We were made for community. There is no sense in which the gospel envisages the embracing of it [the gospel] without the embracing of spiritual community.  However, many of us who have come to know our true nature in Christ have chosen [often with good reason] flight over fight from the church .   Some have resettled in the Emerging Church but many of have not been able to reintegrate themselves into spiritual communities. 

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