Clapham Calling

Meanwhile over at twitter..

@JohnPiperWho's doing the work? “Work out your salvation, for it is God who works in you, to will and to do his pleasure” Phil 2:12-13

Jamie Oliver's Recipease

Not far from us, down the Northcote Road (which is painfully trendy and where only the beautiful people are allowed to walk.) Jamie Oliver has opened Recipease. It has a great looking interior and is stocked to the brim with everything that represents brand Jamie or Jme as the logo reads - you can have a hot water bottle and an eye mask right through to "Real" Tomato Ketchup. I absolutely loved the aesthetics of everything.  The Spencer squirrel nutcracker is a triumph or form, function and fun.

However at the till I noticed the Jamie Magazine, there were a number of issues each with a cheery photo of our eponymous hero. I asked the guy behind the till if every issue had a picture of JO on them he said "of course it is his magazine". It does make sense of course but I asked is there no sense of self effacement "not at all why should there be?" I explained that I would never want to subject the public to endless images of myself and then I asked the till operator would he want the same he said "yes if I had the same life's accomplishments and success." I pressed the point a bit and said "where does being humble and humility come into it" He said with great magnanimity JO had proven the possesion of this characteristic by way of his school dinner project and the fifthteen restaurants. So I realised I should never had raised this question here of all places and sculked out the door to eat Humble Pie not branded Jme but JG.

 

James 4:6  "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

One more time

Ok I am sure I have said this many times before but I am giving this blog some much needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. I have the defib. out so lets charge it up and spring this back to life.

 I admit it I have been lured away by facebook and twitter - its just that a blog is more of a singular - solo endeavour, social networking sites are better for interaction. So as with all my previous efforts this blog is going to have have all manner of things in it about my family our Church and those things on the internet that really grab my attention from what really is a sea of mediocrity. 

Here we go again.

 

Hello welcome to Clapham Calling

Hello my name is Jonathan Gardner I am a 40 year old Irish/Australian married to Abigail (Pegington) since 1996 and Father of three boys Caleb, Jacob and Micah. I am also a Pastor of a mostly black Baptist Church in London (Courland Grove Baptist Church SW8 2PX). This is an account of my life since my response to Clapham calling. Please leave comments, add me as a facebook  friend or join me on twitter. Click on the pictures to see them fully.

Glorify God and enjoy him forever!