In a functional, utilitarian world, our natural desire to play and our desire for beauty can be buried under the mound of worthy things we could be doing. Have we lost something of the childlike wonder in our relationship to God? How could that be rekindled? Could we mature into play? Where have our wounds made the freedom to explore difficult? Where have our responsibilities dampened our joy in the unexpected? Let us play.
Who's speaking?
Andy Flannagan
Andy Flannagan’s album “Drowning in the Shallow” was described as “near-perfect” by Cross Rhythms, but he remains disappointingly imperfect. He wrote the critically-acclaimed book “Those Who Show Up” which has inspired many normal people to get involved in politics and is now the Executive Director of Christians in Politics. Longing to see the church invest as much in the ‘dispersed’ as it does in the ‘gathered’, he is leading on releasing and equipping Christians to be influential in the spheres of culture for the Gather UK Movement. His songs “We seek your kingdom” and “Tears and Celebration” have been taking words of worship into the civic space and gleaning huge use around the UK and beyond. His worlds collided perfectly in 2022 when leading worship at the now infamous National Prayer Breakfast that precipitated a change in Government.
