Father's House Blog
Welcome to Mark Stibbe's blog page. A blog is "a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts". On this page Mark will provide a personal journal on issues relating to the core message of the Father's House, which is to bring the Father's love to the fatherless.

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| August 18th | Summer Blog: Working from rest I wonder if you’ve ever noticed the significance of the 7th day of creation before. I only saw it recently. Let me just remind you of the order of events in Genesis chapter 1.
On... Read on... |
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| July 23rd | Raoul Moat - A Sign of the Times On July 11th of this year, the Sunday Times ran a headline. It read, ‘I have no dad and nobody cares about me’ – Moat’s final lament.
The Moat referred to was fugitive Raoul... Read on... |
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| June 15th | Exactly one hundred years ago the first ever Father’s Day was celebrated. The story of the first Father’s Day is well known. A woman in Washington called Sonora Smart Dodd had the... Read on... |
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| May 27th | A few Christmases ago, one of my close friends overheard that my favourite Disney animated film is The Lion King. Ever since I took my children to see it when it first came out in... Read on... |
Last comment by: Paul Maddren |
| May 10th | Reclaiming the Seven Mountains
One of our newest teachings at the Father’s House Trust is all to do with what are called the seven mountains of culture. Back in the 1970s, three men of God – Lauren... Read on... |
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| April 13th | 'Broken Britain' and the General Election As the general election approaches, I thought it would be good to share where we stand as a ministry. Let me begin by saying that we are not a party political organization. We are... Read on... |
Last comment by: Ed Thornton |
| March 18th | I have never been a fan of tennis, I’ll be honest, but even I can appreciate a great tennis player when I see one and one of the finest of all was the American champion, Andre... Read on... |
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| February 18th | Learning about Fathers on Mother’s Day in Norway
Having just returned from South Africa last week, I made a quick turn around and flew with my wife Alie to Oslo for a weekend of ministry to leaders from the Oase movement... Read on... |
Last comment by: Tim Sokell |
| January 4th | At the end of every year I spend time praying about the season ahead. This year has been no exception, even though it’s the first time in well over two decades that I’ve done this... Read on... |
Last comment by: sarah leon |
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| December 15th | Christmas Blog - They Missed Him It’s Christmas time and Christmas for me will always evoke memories of my father Philip Stibbe reading the opening verses of John’s Gospel by candle light in college chapel and... Read on... |
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| December 10th | I will not leave you as Orphans I have just come back from a trip to Uganda with a team from Father’s House Trust. It has been a very special time and we have seen the Father move very powerfully in the lives of... Read on... |
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| November 25th | On Tuesday December 1st, a Father’s House team will be flying from Heathrow to Entebbe to team up with four great friends of FHT in Uganda for a week.
On our first day there,... Read on... |
Last comment by: Dawn Buckett |
| November 16th | At Father’s House Trust, one of our primary objectives is to influence the seven mountains of culture – namely, Entertainment, Business, Education, Family, Government, Media, and... Read on... |
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| October 29th | A half term film to sign 'UP' to see:
Disney and Pixar have done it again! They’ve combined to create the best Pixar animated movie since Toy Story. For those who are wondering, I’m referring to the extraordinary... Read on... |
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| October 22nd | My childhood was one of verbal and sometimes physical abuse; if I was frightened and cried then I would be "given something to cry for". There was always a lot of anger... Read on... |
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| September 30th | DEEP IN LOVE WITH YOU: Celebrating Michael W Smith In my last blog I wrote about the three stages in the journey of true freedom – IN (the ‘Me’ phase), UP (the ‘Him’ phase), and OUT... Read on... |
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| September 14th | The Journey into true freedom - Part 2
In the last blog we looked at the three stages into true freedom, as seen in the story of the Samaritan woman in John 4.4-42. I called these three stages the In-Stage (where the... Read on... |
Last comment by: linda hall |
| September 1st | The Journey into true freedom - Part 1 One of the great stories of the Gospels concerns a woman from the nation of Samaria who encounters Jesus at a well just outside the town where she lives. The story’s told in... Read on... |
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| June 30th | Michael Jackson's Death - Mother with him, Father not Many will have been shocked and upset by the news of Michael Jackson’s sudden death on Thursday June 25th2009. Jackson’s music was loved by millions. His album Thriller is still... Read on... |
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| June 17th | This Sunday June 21st, it’s Father’s Day. Father’s Day has an
interesting history. The idea for creating a day to honour fathers began
in Spokane, Washington. A woman called... Read on... |
Last comment by: Helen Clark |
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