Tim Suffield
@timsuffield
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Eucharismatic. Editor @eucharisma. Studying an MA by Research in Theology. Elder at Harvest Church. Words @_Theopolis, @mereorthodoxy etc.
Alton, England
Joined May 2012
A list of some of my publications from the last couple of years. 'Jesus' Search for a Wife' @_Theopolis
https://t.co/CdgpVi3uQ0
theopolisinstitute.com
John runs a theme throughout his gospel that bubbles under the surface—Jesus is searching for, and finding, a wife. John launches into the narrative proper with a statement of where he’s going. “On...
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What does being eucharismatic mean or look like? A had a great conversation with the ever generous @JezField to explore that. https://t.co/qtxrvk3cHI
nuakh.uk
I recently had the joy of having a chat with Jez Field of New Ground’s Life and Leadership podcast about all things ‘eucharismatic.’ You can, if you so desire, listen to it here b…
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13 people who told us they were not part of any church, prayed a response prayer when I spoke @HarvestChurchUK in Hampshire last night. Great to have the Alton Concert Orchestra playing the carols. Brilliant venue to preach in (my first time) https://t.co/AyKmL3oVx5
@Newfrontiers
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I had a lot of fun nattering with @JezField about all things eucharismatic!
*Out Now!* 📷 In the newest podcast episode, Jez and Tim Suffield, (Elder on staff at Harvest Church Alton) reflect on Andrew Wilson's book 'Spirit & Sacrament'. Listen here: https://t.co/PfJvyBJoAJ
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The O Antiphons teach us seven truths about Jesus we will know in full when he returns. https://t.co/XzBI2o8Pam
nuakh.uk
In the western liturgical traditions, the last seven days of advent include singing these seven chants—they would be largely unknown to churches like mine whose hymnody owes more to Hillsong than a…
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Went to a Christmas Tree farm, wasn't that much like my heart, did buy some trees.
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To say the subtext out loud: I have no involvement in TGC UK (though my network does), but I am cautiously optimistic about something that might bring together very different siloed people who believe similarly. We don't talk much. Our cultures are different. This might help.
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This feels relevant again today. https://t.co/ZPEMmC64zf UK evangelicalism could do with more institutions that help unsilo us. Those won't be big buckets everyone can join. Things that help con-evos sit down with conservative charismatics despite our cultures make me optimistic
mereorthodoxy.com
A time of social breakdown and decay is a fraught time in which to build new institutions—and yet that is precisely the work such a moment calls for.
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If we looked at our tables at Christmastime, would we see the Church? https://t.co/FpX5AJksKZ
nuakh.uk
This is a time full of feasting. Everywhere you go it seems you’re offered a plate of mince pies or piece of stollen, perhaps with a glass of mulled wine. You can’t escape it—biscuits and coffee at…
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Advent is a month looking forward to the joy of Christmas. Advent is a month looking forward to judgement. Advent has two faces. https://t.co/AhuJaVb5o4
nuakh.uk
You’d be forgiven for thinking I was speaking of January, named after the Roman god Janus who had two faces to look forwards and backwards in the year. Rather, Advent—the first season of the Christ…
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Two Truths and an Opportunity to Disciple Young People in the Age of the Smartphone (by @JezField) https://t.co/9qwaTaJbhx
#youth
thinktheology.co.uk
Jean Twenge’s new book 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World came out last month and is the latest in a recent stream of titles calling out the threat of smartphones and social media for...
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Advent can teach us to wait, and by waiting we can learn to long, and by longing we can encounter joy. https://t.co/wXiaQk4xmZ
nuakh.uk
This is the time of waiting. It doesn’t look like it if you look around you though. We must be one of the most impatient cultures yet to grace the face of the earth, which is why I’m convinced we n…
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@DJNathanThomas The scandal, the staggering, remarkable romance, is that the Holy One, the Consuming Fire who spoke galaxies into being, looked at our mismatched socks, our coffee-stained souls, our serial inability to get it right & says, “Yes. There. That’s where I’m moving in. Permanently!”
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Just popped down to Jane Austen's house and saw a kingfisher on the way back. Feeling slightly like a regency country parson.
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Wisdom is embodied, not something that exists in the realms of ideas. https://t.co/ZGQprHbJzZ
nuakh.uk
This will initially seem like an odd claim to make, and a particularly odd claim to read on your phone, the most disembodying and dislocating device you own. Wisdom doesn’t feel embodied, wisdom is…
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Churches can, accidently, infantilise people. We should attempt to treat people like adults. https://t.co/cN7ffMqZsi
nuakh.uk
I fear that, without really intending to, churches have a habit of infantilising people. We should treat people like adults. My new staff team tells me this is something I say a lot. In my experien…
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What exactly is the so-called Quiet Revival? How should we think about it? https://t.co/k5QeHSDLTF
nuakh.uk
One thing is for certain: it’s neither quiet, nor a revival. The term is now everywhere in the Christian discourse, the UK Bible Society released a report from some research they’d conducted that c…
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