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Continue reading →: A sense of longing (finding peace)Today, I woke up in a fairly commercial camp site after an early hours time of screaming children and merry adults; my thoughts were muddled and negative, my old anxieties just below the surface. I felt tired of my own tourist tracks, I hoped to find something older, friendlier and…
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Continue reading →: Walking discipleshipI had a stop off with my Christian friends Martha and Phil, and as we walked this morning we talked about something on all of our hearts, how to disciple others in a natural way when we have such busy lives. Martha and Phil have started something they call walking…
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Continue reading →: Celtic insights into finding a resurrection placeI am also making my way through a Celtic mission book as I cycle throughout Ireland, and it is remarkable to note that Celtic Christian missionaries were sent out from here to the UK and further afield. To see that healthy mission was formed in this green land which is…
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Continue reading →: Neighbours on the roadStopping for a wee tourist day around the historic town of Slane, I reflect at the events of the past two days. On Tuesday as I was approaching Tollymore forest camp site on my bike I realised I was running out of steam. My original thought had been to unload…
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Continue reading →: Shared journeysI begin my cycling tour around Ireland today, and as I sit on the ferry to Belfast, find myself reflecting on a very positive encounter which happened a couple of hours ago. As I was cycling a short journey to the ferry port, this older lady at a bus stop…
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Continue reading →: Pentecost around the BBQAs part of my last Sunday as pastor at Kelso Baptist Church, we had a BBQ and a camp fire at midgeland. Since we had all had fairly substantial morning worship on looking at the Holy Spirit as ‘paracletos’ the afternoon outdoor session took on a more informal structure and…
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Continue reading →: Forest chaplaincyThis doesn’t need to be in the forest, but it does need to be outdoors. Do you have a dog? (I don’t) but if you do perhaps you walk your dog in the same outdoor spaces and places every day. If so and you have a heart for outdoor ministry,…
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Continue reading →: missional orienteeringI’ve not tried this out yet but the principle is simple, to construct an orienteering course to take various teams on a journey of faith through a biblical journey such as the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness. For those of you not familiar with an orienteering course, it…
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Continue reading →: Camp Fire ChurchCampfire church is prayerfully born from the need to reach out to people who wish to explore faith in Jesus in a setting which is a level space. Surrounded by nature, people often find barriers broken down in this environment, and for some the call of God is easier to…
Hello,
I’m Rob
Welcome to Cloud and Fire, as a pastor and follower of Jesus who loves the outdoors this is a place for ministry, thoughts, projects, ideas and travels. Feel free to connect if of like mind.
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