Life is more than a little bit bonkers at the moment. 

Tomorrow morning I will jump on a train and head south for the English Baptist Assembly in Oxford, staying with a minister friend in Watford and doing a guest preach on Sunday before heading back north.  I am looking forward to catching up with Baptist friends from around England and Wales, and indeed the small number of others who travel from Scotland to participate in this event.  I am keen to see how the experimental format pans out this time - I was pleasantly surprised last year.  I may even break the rules and sneak a photo of one name on the In Memoriam as she was one of 'ours', a retired former missionary... hopefully I can be forgiven!

Pentecost weekend is a great time to be meeting together, remembering not the fleeting supernatural understanding or the euphoria, but rather the lasting change in the lives of previously fearful men (and women) who found themselves empowered, encouraged and inspired for mission and ministry.

If it's Thursday, then I must be sure I have everything sorted ready! The sermon is wirtten, the tickets are bought... just the bag to pack and I'm good to go.

If you 'do' Twitter then #bap16 will lead you to whatever is being posted, otherwise, I will report back in due course!

Have a good weekend, and may God's Spirit comfort or distrub you as is needful at this time.