An oft cited truism is that the Victorians viewed sex as taboo and death as commonplace, while the modern age has…
A Pastor in Therapy
In February of this year I burned out. It was a surprising, disconcerting, and ultimately enlightening experience. The full account…
Handling encouragement in pastoral ministry
The swing of a pendulum can be a dangerous thing, correctives can oversteer away from one error and into another,…
Book review: Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson
Christianity and creativity can have a fairly complex and conflicted relationship. On the one hand there is the sheer volume…
October 2019
(written on the occasion of new abortion laws being introduced in Northern Ireland) Mid-autumn clear, the October morning colours cold…
3 Risks with IFB Preacher Videos
If you spend any time at all on social media, you may have noticed an increasingly common type of video…
Making and mending pastoral mistakes
It is something we may not like to acknowledge to ourselves and to others, but as Pastors we make mistakes…
