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In C.S. Lewis’s much loved allegory of faith Narnia, we are told that Aslan “is not a tame lion”, while in the John 3 we read: "You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind of God, the Spirit of God." At SEARCH we have been experimenting with the phrase “rewilding churches for changing times”

Brought to you by Believe in Hull in collaboration with Murmuration and co-creators. The Premise.... We will pass through as the temple curtain is torn in two, as God is kind of liberated from the temple, as grace is made available to all. And we will create that river of grace described in Ezekiel 47 which flows wider and deeper from the heart of Father, Risen Son and Holy Spirit, bringing life in all its fullness... and we will share that fullness, that connectedness, that

Our recent ‘Together’ day, held at St Nicholas Church, began with a poem called ‘Turning To One Another’ (written by Margaret Wheatley), which starts with the line: "There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about." The ‘Together’ day had been designed to try and call forth many of the invitations held in that wonderful poem, and so we started the day by “checking-in” with one another, “talking to people we knew, talking to people we didn’t know, an

Let this be a balm To the barminess That so often besets us, Because of our fear And our need to be seen, Even when we’re struggling And strung out And becoming strangers To ourselves. The antidote is love. Permission to be. To rest in the wonder Of our true identity. SEARCH Zoom meeting 16/10/2025 I wrote this poem during an impromptu lull in one of our team meetings. During a discussion about Rewilding and what that process means to us as church and the body of Christ. Ba

At SEARCH we’ve been inspired by the work of “regenerative coach” Carol Sanford. In her book 'Indirect Work' she writes: [There are lots of] well-intentioned people who seek to make the world a better place through the instruments that are available to them, such as business, social activism, or creation of policies and institutions [but] most of these efforts are likely to be compromised or fail because they still operate from an old paradigm, within which the world is ass