Bookings going FAST for Lent 2013 Transformed Tour.

Yes, bookings are going really fast for my Transformed Lent Tour 2013, so if your church is interested, get in touch soon.

Transformed challenges you to go beyond traditional Bible study and, through a popular meditative approach, step into the shoes of well known Bible characters – so that you might be transformed, as they were, by the presence of Jesus.

Transformed by the Presence of Jesus is an opportunity to engage with Jesus through Scripture in a vibrant way through Bible meditation and study together with photography, music, personal and group reflection and discussion. Learn how to step inside the Bible and walk alongside characters like Mary Magdalene, Peter, Lazarus and The Woman at the Well and have life-changing encounters with Jesus just as they did. Then allow Jesus to touch your life in fresh ways so you too can become an instrument of change and transformation.
Explore the importance of:

• Walking with Jesus
• Waiting for Jesus
• Being named by Jesus 
• Being known by Jesus 
• Faith and Jesus
• Obeying Jesus

I'll be 'on the road' touring Transformed during Lent - February & March 2013, offering sessions and retreat days. Book me for a 2 hour evening or afternoon event or for a retreat day which creates the opportunity for a deeper, more profound encounter with Jesus. Just one day’s investment in the company of Jesus, could transform your life!

Tour Itinerary Feb – March 2013

26th Jan - Liz leading Transformed day at Waverley House, Surrey, CWR.
Week 1     (11th - 17th Feb)               London & South East 
Week 2     (18th - 24th Feb)               South
Week 3     (25th Feb - 3rd Mar)         South West
Week 4     (4th - 10th Mar)                 Midlands
Week 5     (11th - 17th Mar)               North West 
Week 6     (18th - 24th Mar)               North East
  
To book me or register your interest contact me via my website http://www.lizbabbs.com 

Going for Gold FREE download

Going for Gold - FREE meditation download to celebrate the Olympics.

‘I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure’. Eric Liddell

Inspired by London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics, I have just composed and voiced Going for Gold. This meditation weaves key scriptural passages (Hebrews 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 9:24-25, Philippians 3:14 and 2 Timothy 4:7) with music to help Christians run the race of faith and deepen their relationship with God. This track includes the famous quote by Eric Liddell voiced by Steve Stickley (actor and Artistic Director of Footprints Theatre Company) with original music by Andy Green (Kingsway, ICC & EMI) and echoes the “Chariots of Fire” theme song.

Going for Gold is available to download FREE for a limited time on my website: www.lizbabbs.com

Please feel free to use it in your homes, churches etc.

God bless you as you run the race of faith.

Liz Babbs

I'm excited! My new book is just about to go to print. Transformed by the Presence of Jesus is a series of six meditative Bible studies written for Lent 2013. The book can be used as a small group or individual resource any time of the year, so you might want to keep it in mind for your small group. I'm just recording the music and spoken word meditations for each session which you'll be able to download from my website as MP3's. Many folk have requested these meditations as I've led them across the years and some have had life-changing encounters with Jesus as a result. One non-Christian lady even 'walked across the water' straight into Jesus' arms as I led one of these meditations!

Transformed by the Presence of Jesus is available from my website September 2012 for just £4.99 (CWR, 2012). MP3 meditation downloads will be available then too.

St Patrick's Day discount

We're approaching St Patrick's Day, so I thought I'd offer my two Celtic meditative spoken word and music albums, 'The Celtic Heart' and 'Celtic Treasure', at a special price. Both are now available to download from across the world from my website, so for this month I'm giving you a 30% discount on these albums as downloads. In UK currency that's £4.99 instead of £6.99, or $7.90 instead of $11. For more details on these albums visit my shop http://www.lizbabbs.com/shop/ 

The real work of Christmas

The Real Work of Christmas

When the last present has been opened

and the last mouth fed.

When weariness lays like a blanket over all mankind - 

The real work of Christmas begins:

To seek the lost

To support the lonely

To feed the starving

To shelter the homeless

To console the broken

To love the unlovely

To pray for peace 

To...

LOVE.


(c) Liz Babbs

Celtic Christian Spirit Radio - a real gem!

I thought you might like to meet my Californian friend, Keltic Ken, who is a professional radio presenter and broadcaster. Here I am with him, a few months ago, outside KRDU Radio in Fresno, CA. Now Ken, as well as being famous for his sense of humour, also runs a unique Celtic Christian radio service called Celtic Christian Spirit Radio and it's free via the internet. I even listen via the Live 365 app on my iPhone and iPad! He's playing a lovely Christmas selection at the moment. As CCS is a Celtic treasure, I thought I'd ask him a little more about it:

1. What is Celtic Christian Spirit Radio?

It’s Christian music with a Celtic (and sometimes world-beat) sound. Think Riverdance or Enya with Christian lyrics. This is the “best music you’ve never heard” and “Christian music with a Celtic accent.”

          2. How do folks access it?

Go to www.celticchristianmusic.com where there is a link to listen right from the home page. It’s free to listen (with commercials). You can become a VIP member for a nominal fee on Live365 to listen commercial free. There is also a free 365 app for mobile devices for listening anywhere.

 

3. Why might we want to listen to your radio station?      

Broadcast Christian music has become increasingly homogenized and a cranked out formula. This music is more adventuresome, most of the artists are indie artists, not like what you’ll hear on your local Christian music radio station.

 

4. Why this Christmas selection?

It is a natural to go to Christmas music this time of year, but the good thing is instead of duplicating what everybody else does there is a wealth of Celtic music suited to this season. Including some ancient carols and music you’ve probably never heard before. I don’t rely on computers to chose the music. I listen to each song one-by-one and select the songs that fit my music station.

 

Hope in Darkness this Advent

Advent is a season of waiting...of preparation...of promise. God is announcing: 'Behold, I make all things new' (Revelations 21:5). But it can be hard to glimpse or even imagine the new when you're stuck in a dark tunnel. And that is many people's experience at this time in the lead up to Christmas. Christmas and New Year can spotlight and heighten the difficulties in our lives and lead to a sense of hopelessness.

But for such a time as this, God gave us Jesus. 'We walk by faith, not by sight' (2 Corinthians 5:7), so despite the darkness and apparent absence of hope, we must hold onto the fact that Jesus, The Light of the World, Emmanuel, is here with us now illuminating a pathway through the darkness. There really is light at the end of the tunnel.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. John 9:5

 ‎'The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.' John 1:5