Beyond a sea change. Learn a new language. Land of no return. Gerard Kelly asks ‘Do you speak twenty first century?’
Blessays
Green Light District
A week after our church plant had its ‘official’ first gathering in Caen; we took a first minute missional step into the city
Kings without a State
Bless friend Rinke WRITES about a group of illegal refugees who are living through the winter in a church, a two minute walk from her house in Amsterdam
Hearty Meals and Ice Cold Sprouts
In this months BLESSAY Matt Long reflects on three years at Bethanie and explores hospitality as a hearty meal with ice cold sprouts
go2blessay SLAVONSKI BROD
Bless return to Slavonski Brod, Croatia for the eighth consecutive year to discover a contagious fresh passion and lightness in the air…
go2blessay FREIBURG
This summer Bless sent a short-term mission team to Germany for the first time to serve an international church plant in the city of Freiburg…
go2blessay CAEN
go2bless France had a double vision this summer; serving the locality of Livarot & pioneering prayer and worship in the city of Caen…
Now and Not Yet Bible Study
5 session Colossians bible study as used during go2bless 2012.
The Source Code
Right at the start, before the beginning of anything, when nothing that would be made had yet been made, there was a SOURCE CODE
Jubilee
Bless trustee Martin Young, reflects on JUBILEE and asks whether it’s presumptuous for us to celebrate what God will do?
Beautiful and Broken
A Blessay by Gerard Kelly on how we are both beautiful and broken
Prayers
PRAYERhouse & PRESENCE #SH2013
Get your hands on all of our PRAYERhouse and PRESENCE resources from our time at Spring Harvest 2013
PICK & MIX PRAYER STATION
We are called to LOVE; practically responding to God’s love by embodying His purposes & prophetically pointing the world towards its future
Palm Prayers
Write the names of places on the palm of a hand. Pray for them by name. Who are the people you would like to see God kingdom break out in?
Kettle Prayers
The space between cold water and hot is meant to be sacred time. Stick this prayer guide up next to your kettle
Pocket Prayers
What’s in your pocket? Download this months PDF PRAYER GUIDE and use what you have in your pocket to inspire you to let go & let God
Christmas is Waiting to Happen
Gerard Kelly gets us thinking about Christmas with his poetic prayer Christmas is Waiting to Happen.
Projection Prayer
Project the words ‘Beautiful, Broken, Forgiven and Invited’ over the top of a map and take time to pray.
St Patricks Breastplate
We’ve blessified the old Irish hymn, St Patricks Breastplate. We invite you print this and stick it next to your kettle or on your bedside table. This week, pray this blessing at the start each day.
Scroll Prayers
This summer go2bless team France did some guerilla praying in the city of Caen. They prayed, made and hid SCROLL PRAYERS …
Now and Not Yet Creative Prayer Guide
5 creative prayer activities that work hand in hand with the go2bless 2012 Colossians bible study.
Setting Sail With God
What are your dreams? What are your moorings? Set sail into the unknown with God using this months origami inspired PDF PRAYER GUIDE
Personal prayers for in-between spaces
Punctuate your day with prayer by writing personal prayers for in-between spaces.
Prismatic prayer installation
Pray for God’s blessing on the churches, people and projects that are bringing out God-colours in the world using our mirrorball prayer
Lords Prayer
Read the Lords Prayer Bless style.
Sole Prayers
Want to see your prayers literally rub off on the people and places you put your feet? Try out these sole prayers for size.
Christmas Prayer Tree
Pray differently at Christmas by turning your tree in to a prayer installation and using it as a Christmas Prayer Tree
Lectio Divina
Try something new that’s old. Lectio divina is a way of praying with scripture.
Love Letter
Get in the mood for love and write a prophetic Love letter to your locality
Finger Labyrinth
Pray differently by creating your own Finger Labyrinth inspired by our arty friend John Todd
Lent
Download our prayer PDF on lent
recipes
Roasted Pepper Soup
theblesskitchen has a new fave soup… ROASTED RED PEPPER! which goes wonderfully with our freshly foraged wild garlic pesto & lashings of creme fraiche
Chorizo and Tomato Bread and Butter Pudding
Try Chorizo and Tomato Bread and Butter Pudding for breakfast and you will not be disappointed.
Beet-Choc-Orange-Cake
Three reasons why I love using vegetables in cakes: It makes them REALLY moist. It’s quirky. Young people don’t want to eat them!
Cheesy Veggie Sausages
This was originally a welsh glamorgan sausage recipe which I have adapted
Wholewheat Pasta, Savoy Cabbage and Potato Bake
We have one giant cabbage left in theblesskitchen garden. We’re going to make this simple, super-cheap & satisfying CABBAGE & POTATO BAKE
Boxing Day Bubble & Squeak
Boxing Day BUBBLE & SQUEAK is theblesskitchen’s scrumptious suggestion for using leftover veggies. The secret is in the seasoning!
Chai Tea Latte
A great one for autumn nights round the fire or sat on a hay bail in a lofty barn in the middle of Normandy, accompanied with some beautiful live music…thats what we did this weekend!
Chocolate Apple Betty
This is a Nigel Slater recipe which is a naughty alternative to the crumble!
Courgette & Lemon Salad
A great Sarah Raven recipe in those summer months when you are overwhelmed with courgette from the patch!
Elderflower Cordial
theblesskitchen challenges you to track down an ELDER tree and forage its FLOWERS and make this quintessential SUMMER SYRUP
Strawberries with mint sugar
With Wimbledon just around the corner we came up with a smashingly simple summer sweet
RADishes
There’s radishes galore on the patch at the moment… found a great recipe in Sarah Ravens garden cookbook using radishes and their leaves
Spiced Lentils
Try our tasty spiced lentils recipe – learn to love your lentils!