Father Gerard
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Bishop, Priest & Missionary of the Holy Spirit |
| Location | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I was born in southren Ireland and in my childhood and youth I knew much pain, suffering, sin, and rejection. This has always given me a special grace for rogues and forgiven failures like myself. I began a search for God when I was 17. At 21 He met with me and His love and mercy broke the hardness of my heart. This encounter changed me forever. My encounter with Jesus birthed a reality of life and love in my heart which has shaped and still shapes my life and choices. I have spent the last 22 years of my life serving all denominations possible on the mission field. I love Christ's people with a passion, but I also understand the broken heart of the Church. I have founded the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit to call forth a company of Servants who will establish Christ as their first love, and His Body and her mission as their second. I was ordained a Priest in the Anglican Tradition in January 2005, and more recently a Bishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches in July of 2007. My vision, mission, and goal is to love God and to share with my neighbour the grace and unconditional love I have discovered in the heart of The Father. |
| Interests | My wonderful Lord God, My Family, The well-being of the people I meet, The mission to spread Christ's love in a broken World, Revival in the Church, Revilal History, Monasticism and Monastic Spirituality, New Monasticism, Discipleship, Church History, Nature, Social Justice, The human search for meaning, Theology, Psychology and Psycotherapy, Comparative Religion |
| Favorite Movies | The Mission, Francesco, Remember the Titans, Radio, A man for all seasons, Shoes of the Fisherman, The keys of the Kingdom, Don Bosco, Entertaining Angels, The Passion of the Christ, Little Women, Da, My left foot, Finding Forester, Hunt for Red October, Good will Hunting, The Good Pope, Karol, The Scarlet and the Black, The Assisi Underground, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Cross and the Switchblade, Joni, The Hiding Place, Schlindler's List, Life is Beautiful, Facing the Giants, Mother Teresa, Gandi, Shadowlands, Narnia - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus, "Transformations" revival Videos |
| Favorite Music | John Michael Talbot, Michael Card, Steve Camp, Keith Green 1960's Folk Music, Ragamufin Band Classical Music, Rock and R&B that packs a message. <center><!-- Do Not Modify --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.tlpn.org/script93.txt"></script><a href="http://www.tlpn.org" rel="World Prayer"><img src="http://www.tlpn.org/SPACE.GIF" alt="World Prayer" width="4" height="6" border="0"></a><!-- Do Not Modify --></center> |
| Favorite Books | The Bible, The practice of the presence of God, The Hawk and the Dove, Anything on or by St.Francis or St.Benedict, Faith and Contemplation by Rene Voillaume, Summoned by love by Carlo Carretto, Seeking God - the way of St. Benedict, Spiritual Hunger by John G. Lake, Anything by or on Smith Wigglesworth, anything by Andrew Murray, In darkest England by William Booth, Let Go by Fenelon, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, Anything by Richard Foster or Gene Edwards or Philip Yancey, The Catholic Religion by Staley. Church History, Revival Accounts, Saint's Lives. |