Music
Truelove's Gutter
Richard Hawley: Truelove's Gutter
The latest by the Sheffield legend. A great, laid back listenBlack Swan
Athlete: Black Swan
Listening to the latest by Deptfords finestJournal for Plague Lovers
Manic Street Preachers: Journal for Plague Lovers
New album by one of my favourite bandsAvalon Sunset
Van Morrison: Avalon Sunset
Rediscovering an old favourite from when Van the man was going through his Christian phaseRevelation
Third Day: Revelation
Latest album by an Ignite favouriteKingdom Of Rust
Doves: Kingdom Of Rust
New album by The Doves. Loving it!I Trawl the Megahertz
Paddy McAloon: I Trawl the Megahertz
Listening to this on spotify. It is word but could just be the work of a genius. Watch out Prefab Sprout have a new album out in 2009!Grace And Danger
John Martyn: Grace And Danger
Amazing album. His passing although inevitable was still a great loss.No Line On The Horizon
U2: No Line On The Horizon
Great new album. I've got tickets for the Cardiff show!Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais: Ricky Gervais
A series of his legendary podcasts, bought for me by my darling wife
Reading
Henry T. Blackaby: Called to Be God's Leader Workbook: How God Prepares His Servants for Spiritual Leadership (Biblical Legacy)
Working my way through in between tramadol oblivion! A good book and normally an easy read made more difficult by the circumstances!Richard Foster: Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Re reading this with John LewisBill Hybels: Axiom
Wisdom from a great Christian leaderBernard Cornwell: Azincourt
Picked this up in an airport. Loving these historical novels at the momentC.J. Sansom: Revelation (Shardlake)
Latest in the Matthew Shardlake series of historic novels. Essential airplane readingJonathan Ross: Why Do I Say These Things?
Funny, irreverent book. A bit of light reading under my mosquito net!Agatha Christie: Five Little Pigs (Poirot)
A free book in The Times. Passed a few hours in the Nigerian High commission and on the flight to NigeriaBill Johnson: Face to Face with God
Bought this at the conference. Loved his teaching.Raymond Khoury: The Last Templar
Bought it for 50p from a jumble sale!William P. Young: The Shack
Reading this best selling book. For some the most important book they have read since the bible, for others a novel full of bad theology. Well I will decide how I feel about it.
Contact
- Website: http://www.twitter.com/GaryIgnite
Biography
Founding Director of the IGNITE discipleship initiative along with Nigel James, Gary Smith lives near Cardiff, Wales with his wife Lesley and his two children Rebecca and Benjamin. .
Having left school at 16, Gary did not return to academia until he was in his late twenties where he attained a BA (Hons) in Informal and Community Education. Initially he was involved in a number of sales related jobs before becoming an Recruitment Consultant in the IT industry. A long term member of the Boys' Brigade he was honoured to join their full time staff until setting up Big Ideas with Nigel James in 1995. IGNITE is part Big Ideas (not to be confused with Big Idea productions in the USA)
Ignite challenges young people to discover their purpose in life, to be a disciple of Jesus and to transform their generation, and since 2000, well over 4,000 teenagers have signed the IGNITE discipleship declaration which commits them to a radical life of discipleship. IGNITE also runs The IgniteHope and the IGNITE Leadership Academy which trains 18-24 year olds from churches in and around Cardiff in Christian Leadership.
Gary also manages the band Superhero and is the International booking agent for Rebecca St James
Interests
Reading, cooking, family, music, the theatre and meeting with friends
