And stretch...

Today I have been challenged, encouraged, stimulated, stretched and fed (plus more) at an event called Catalyst Live which was organised by BMS World Mission. Its format was likened to flicking through a magazine - lots of short features - one after the other. Each one could probably have filled the whole day in itself.

Contributions ranged from Prof John Lennox answering the question, 'Should Christians fear science and the new atheism?' with a resounding 'No' to A Rocha's Miranda Harris getting me to see the importance of buying a new dining table when we move house (I haven't told my wife about that yet - I'll see how long it takes her to notice it on here!)

Then there was ethnomusicology, poetry and art.

We looked at earthquakes, volcanos and floods; as well as scrolls, books and iPads.

The author of the Royal Navy Leadership manual spoke, but it was another speaker who told us about three boats that set sail…

We looked at the question of suffering; and then we heard from a Palestinian Arab Israeli Christian, sharing his perspective on events in Jerusalem.

And then there was theologian Jurgen Moltmann…

A brilliant day - which I will take a few days to digest - but hopefully I'll find the time to write something more about each session.