The final post

I have been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting recently, and have come to a decision regarding the future of my writing/blogging. 

In recent months I've been trying to write two blogs with two very different focuses and while I believe the motivation and the vision behind that was the correct one, that ultimately it is becoming too much of a drain on me.

I've also begun to feel recently that the blogs were becoming more of an obligation, almost like a job. They have become something I felt I had to do rather than something I was passionate about. It had become more of a chore and the joy and the purpose seemed to be dissipating. 

Recently I've had to contend with a lot of internal issues and one of the outcomes is essentially that I now feel like I need to pay more attention to what I write and what goes out on my blog. 

In essence, instead of just writing straight from the heart, which is often what I have done in the past, and my gift of writing has got me through, I think now is the time to largely leave that behind and put more preparation into my posts.

In thinking about that, I've also come to realise that carrying on with two blogs is just not going to be manageable from now on. 

My real passion is the church, the future of the church, what church should be and could be and how we can communicate the gospel more relevantly, and I think those messages are best communicated through my newer blog, www.jamespressgang.wordpress.com (the link is 'Evolving Church' on the right)

This is the 'Evolving Church' blog I started last year, and I think that site rather than this now more accurately reflects where I am in my faith and what God is speaking to me about.

Therefore, this will mean that from now on I will only be posting new posts/blogs on my 'Evolving Church' site, and that this will be the last post on this site 'James Prescott'.

This site has been a real journey for me, from when it started in 2006, and I think I have now moved on to a point where I've done all I wanted to do here. 

The site will remain open and you'll be able to read all the posts I've written, but other than that my work on this site is done.

Thanks to everyone who has read or contributed to this site, it really means a lot to me and it wouldn't have been the same without you. I've loved writing this blog, but they say everything that has a beginning has an end, and this is the time to end.

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If you want to keep reading my work, please go to:

www.jamespressgang.wordpress.com

or 

www.jamespressgang.ning.com

(or just click on 'Evolving Church' or 'James Prescott's Network' on the links)

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If you want to contact me:

E-mail/msn: jamespressgang@hotmail.com

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Thanks everyone! :-)

A new development - 'James Prescott's Network'

Another new developement on in terms of my site and my work.

The new development is my 'James Prescott Network' on Ning. I've realised that although its important that I continue with my respective blogs, 'Evolving Church' and 'James Prescott' (see links below), that its now important that I have a space where people can connect with me and with a bit more personally, with photos and videos and all that jazz.

For this I have decided to actively promote my new Ning network page. The link is now on my links below (along with my new 'Rob Bell' link which I'd really encourage everyone to check out - more on that in another post). If you are already on Ning then you can become a member of my network, if not you can still read and view all the information on the homepage, just click on the link 'James Prescott's Network' on the links below.

I will keep on running the two sites I write now independently, and so as far as this site goes northing will change and new posts will appear as usual.

The network is a place I will try to update this place with news on anything significant I'm doing personally and hopefully with first news of any major projects round the corner, or major developments. I'll also be doing some book recommendations and posting some more teaching from Youtube, from Rob Bell and others I find useful, as well as blogs which I want to recommend.

The network is basically a place where people can connect with me and benefit from the resources I find as well, while still being able to read my two blogs.

As I've said both this and my other blog will still operate in themselves independently of the site, but will feed into that page so as well, so as to keep all my resources in one place.

I'd appreciate it if you guys kept visiting here and my other blog independently of the network, and to encourage that I will only be showing the most recent post in my network home page, and to see others you will need to come here.

Obviously there's a bit of work to be done to get the network all up to speed, but bear with me and I hope it will all be going as I wish very soon!

Please do visit the network and e-mail me your feedback, but also do please keep a regular check on this page as this will be the only site which has all my 'Evolving Church' blogs archived and stored together.

Flow Reflections Part 5 & 6

Here are the next two video reflections on 'Flow'. I've just finished this mission, and there will be another videoblog soon reflecting on what I've learnt and how I've grown in this process.

For now, here are parts 5 & 6 of my video reflections on 'Flow'.

Coming soon...Flow: Final Reflections and hopes for the future.

Flow Reflections Parts 3 & 4

So here are two more of my video reflections on 'Flow', my church's 'mission into your own life'. There will be more to come soon. One thing I would ask is that you make sure that the volume is turned up to maximum in order to hear them properly. 

I know the quality is not brilliant,  but I hope you're really blessed through my reflections below. 






Hope you liked them. Coming soon, Flow Reflections Parts 5 & 6...

Flow Reflections Parts 1 & 2

As promised, here are the first of my blogs on 'Flow', my church's 'mission into your own life'. They are video reflections on my experiences during the first few weeks on the mission.

They're filmed on my mobile as I experienced them, so they are quite raw and authentic. 

There are two shown below, and there will be a further two coming very soon, and some more as the mission goes on. I hope that they will be a testament to what God is doing now and will be encouraging for you all. 

Watch, enjoy and be blessed!

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Hope you enjoyed them both. 

Coming soon...'Flow Reflections' Parts 3 & 4.

Coming in 2009

A new year, a new look.

Slight change to the look and feel of the site this year, and hopefully with it more of a focus to the site. My 'Evolving Church' site is developing and taking more of my time, but this is still important. 

I hope that this year I'll be able to look at some key issues facing Christians today and take them head on. On my 'Evolving Church' site I'm going to be looking at several key issues the Church is facing today, in particular the topic of identity and how important it is to the growth of church.

Here I will be discussing issues like that but more in relation to individual growth rather than its overall impact. I will also be posting some videos here as well, and my 'Flow Reflections' are going to take the form of a video blog (quite raw and unpolished, for authenticity) which will be starting very soon.

Keep reading, its going to be a challenging and interesting year here on my blog.