Matt Stone – Starting out
‘As I have moved from one course to another, I haven’t always seen what God was doing, but now, looking back, I see’
‘There is something quite profound about encouraging – and even paying – for individuals to dedicate their lives to building up Christ’s church’
‘Despite my strong congregational beliefs, I often come away from church meetings more frustrated than satisfied’
‘I’m beginning to see that the job of the preacher isn’t to stand in the way of the text, but to allow it to speak directly into all of our lives’
‘I wonder sometimes whether shabby or non-existent websites are a symptom of a deeper problem’
‘However inept I might feel in my placement church, and however unsure of what to do I might be, I can always pray’
‘I strongly believe God lays passions and enthusiasms on the hearts of all of us in the church’
‘I’d like a brand-new multi-purpose building, and a church chef who cooks amazing food’
‘I sat in the Garden of Gethsemane, with its car horns and tourists and Muslim calls to prayer’, and listened to the words of the old hymn’
