Atlanta, Georgia. Home of Coca-Cola, Ted Turner, CNN, the Braves, and of course Third Day. I'm over here with the band working on a book for a few days and staying in drummer David Carr's new house. His basement alone has about nine rooms in it, and I think I'm going to need a map to find my way around the place. David and Jennifer's 4 year-old boy Ethan has given me the guided tour.
Yesterday's journey from Heathrow started well enough with my now almost customary upgrade to business class from United Airlines, but it went down hill from there. I've compiled a list of some of my pet hates, most of which occurred yesterday:
Cabin crew who are impolite to passengers
Passengers who are impolite to cabin crew in the first place
Queueing for 2 hours to get through immigration and customs
People who queue jump
People who can't fill in forms properly
Immigration officials who don't know the meaning of the word 'efficient'
Missing a connecting flight
Walking miles between 2 terminals to find out which flight I've been put on
Sitting in a plane for 3 hours on a runway
Arriving in an airport without my bag
... now I'm in such a bad mood I might as well get a load of other pet hates off my chest..
People who drive too slowly
Smokers
People who think they know it all
Spitters
Christians who narrow down the gospel to their own shallow understanding of it
Big Brother
Automated phone help lines.. press one for a frustrating 35 minute wait
Airport tax on airfares
American TV versions of British comedy series
Junk mail- paper or electronic
The parking in Cardiff city centre
The parking in Penarth town centre
And don't even get me started on the difficulty HSBC bank have in transferring £1,000 to India.
It's frightening really but I can be a grumpy old man without much difficulty-just ask my wife.
God's words
- 1Chr. 16:31Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
CITY CHURCH CARDIFF, ELIM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH>
- CITY TEMPLE CHURCH CARDIFF
I'm on the pastoral team of this thriving multi-cultural Elim Pentecostal Church in the heart of Cardiff- the capital city of Wales.
THIRD DAY
- THIRD DAY
From 2001-2016 I spent part of my year on the road as pastor to the Christian rock band Third Day.
WALESWIDE
- WALESWIDE
I am part of the church planting and strengthening ministry Waleswide, alongside leaders from across the evangelical spectrum and geographical spread of the nation.
ELIM WALES
- ELIM INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Both personally and in my local church role I am pleased to stand with our Elim Missions Dept. - ELIM WALES
I spend part of my time as the regional co-ordinator for Elim in Wales-working with churches and leaders.
GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
- GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
Lots going on in and around Rajahmundry, India- been involved in this work since 2005.
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07/06/2006
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MY PUBLICATIONS
- Lessons From The Road by Nigel James and Third Day.
- Ignite: God's Purpose for This Generation (Paperback) by Nigel James.
- Seven Ways to Ignite Your Life: Life Lessons from 1 Samuel (Paperback) by Nigel James
- Seven Myths of Youth Ministry: How to Re-Ignite Your Passion (Paperback) by Nigel James, Gary Smith
- Seven Ways to Ignite Outrageous Prayer (Paperback) by Carl Brettle, Nigel James
Some of my Sermons
- A Friend Called Grace
- Word and Spirit
- Can We Fix it? Yes We Can?
- I am the Light of the World
- I am the True Vine
- God and the Generations.
- Growing in Grace-Less judgment, more forgiveness, more thankfulness.
- Equipping the Saints-5 fold ministry.
- Led by the Spirit-Paul and Barnabas on Cyprus.
- Unnamed people are vital-the story of Cornelius.
- The Persecuted Church-Stephen the martyr.
- What's the point of Communion?
- Building a healthy future-by putting the right foundations down now.
- Incarnation-short Christmas message.
- Confidence in Uncertain Times.
- Anointed by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit-Our director of missions.
- Burden bearers or burden makers?
- Why should I be baptized?
- From the Encounter to the Call.
- Come Over Here And Help Us- The Macedonian Call.
- Rock of Ages.
- People of the Cross- the distinctives of discipleship.
- Samuel-Listen to the Voice of God.
- Kingdom Priorities-Money, Time, and Talents.
- Abraham-Kids, Covenants and Countries.
- Gifted to Lead and Train others.
- Living Tough when things get Rough.
You forgot to mention...
-dog owners who don't pick up their dogs mess
-out of date gift vouchers
-people who park over two spaces just cos their car is posh
-those really annoying horn things that everyone blows when theres a match on in town.
...I could go on and on!
Posted by: Cat Will | 07/07/2006 at 03:21 PM
How about the things you forgot tomatoes, cold offices and typos on Ignite documents!
Grumpy old man, you? ...I don't believe in it (In Victor Meldrew type voice!)
Posted by: gary smith | 07/07/2006 at 10:38 PM
Your in Business class what more could you want?
Posted by: Paul Zealey | 07/08/2006 at 03:56 PM
ah, the joys of travel by plane. these days it's just a bus with wings. at least you got a meal instead of a bag of pretzels. did they serve drinks when you were stuck on the tarmac for three hours? i certainly hope so, but then again, that may be asking for a bit much.
also, thanks for reminding me why i don't fly united.
And welcome to the good ol' US of A!
Posted by: joanne | 07/11/2006 at 07:37 AM