Ascend Men

This is not your usual interview or article so listen-up.A huge thanks to Greg Barber for cooking-up our “Summer Sizzlers” Season. The articles and reflections of the last few weeks had a thread of “community” running through them and were great reminders of why we are not meant to do this journey alone.This week I want to thank Luke Franks for highlighting a book extract:“I think of rest as the margins around the page of a book I’m reading. The words matter, but without the margins they would run into one another and be senseless. When I rest, I create order and context around everything I do.I don’t rest as a reward or to gain something, but to return to the original expression of human design. I am a being not a doing. I am not a tool in the belt of a workman but a picture in the wallet of my father. God doesn’t get me out to use me, but to enjoy me. Rhythms of rest , especially in a time of work and creative output, return me to those truths.”From Joshua Luke Smith’s book: “Something you once knew: Waking up to the extraordinary in your ordinary life”Please complete the survey here: https://thec3church.typeform.com/ascendpodcast A Time for Everything - Ecclesiastes Chapter 3:1 There is a time for everything,    and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 a time to be born and a time to die,    a time to plant and a time to uproot,3 a time to kill and a time to heal,    a time to tear down and a time to build,4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,    a time to mourn and a time to dance,5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,6 a time to search and a time to give up,    a time to keep and a time to throw away,7 a time to tear and a time to mend,    a time to be silent and a time to speak,8 a time to love and a time to hate,    a time for war and a time for peace.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Who's in your circle?The 2 meter Radius Challenge"Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways" - Haggai 1:5Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Jordan Bonner- Reflection from Greg BarberFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Who Are Your Fellow Conspirators?For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them - Matthew 18:20"Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Simon Barnett- Reflection from Alan FeethamFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Mistakes in Gathering‌ . . . if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself - Galatians 6:3Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Tony Smith- Reflection from Alan ColleyFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Call Out or Call In?". . . and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" - John 8:32Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Jordan Bonner- Reflection from Simon BarnettFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

We’re Here, Now What?Love one another with brotherly affection - Romans 12:10Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Tony Smith- Reflection from Chris LucheFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

With Whom Do You Gather? For where two or three are gathered there am I among them - Matthew 18:20Today's voices are:- Article narrated by Simon Barnett- Reflection from Tony SmithFull credit for this article to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United StatesNot signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Full credit for the articles in this series to Justin Camp of WiRE, Gather Ministries, 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States. Not signed up for WiRE? Get it today - it comes twice a week, free.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

Dr. David Bennett  is an author, speaker, and theologian scholar who speaks and writes on a wide range of topics including theology, desire, beauty, gender, theodicy, suffering, ethics, and sexuality. He is frequently asked to appear and speak internationally in a variety of settings including churches, academic conferences, national radio and TV including VICE Australia, and on BBC platforms such as the BBC One Documentary, Young, Gay, Christian. As a gay celibate Christian, he seeks to be a fresh voice on the topics of love, holiness, desire and sexuality in order to show how people can live and flourish through Christ’s cross-shaped teaching. He is passionate about equipping the Church to better love the LGBTQI+ and other minority communities, and the art of showing solidarity to those who are different or other to us. His other interests include French, Latin, church history, writing, travel, cooking, reading books, and living in Christian community. As a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s College of Evangelists, David has spoken for Oriel College, St Aldates Church, New Wine Network, HTB, Kings Cross Church London, the Synod of the Church of England, Church of the City NYC, St Edwards School and Magdalen School, Oxford, Christ Church London and much further afield.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.

After covering healthy friendships & singleness and assuming the dating we talked about last week goes well, the next logical step is marriage. To cover being married and staying married we are joined by two treasured friends of the C3 house, John & Gen Loaker.FOUR hot-topics of Friendship Connection Conflict resolution FaithMore details here on Michael Jr’s “Funny How Marriage Works” tour when it visits Cambridge on Saturday 29th June.FOR UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS sign up here.To subscribe to our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!Ascend Men is that community.Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.Join our Facebook group or email us ([email protected]) to hear more about our fantastic breakfasts in Cambridge, Bury and Colchester as well as our Camp in June.