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Category: Chuch life

Misunderstanding the Church

Thomas Mann’s phrase that ‘everything is politics’ seems undeniably true in our society in the second decade of the twenty … More

Church life, Covid-19, Government, Local Church, Politics

Some implications of an empty pulpit

Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More

Christianity, Covid19, Lament, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

A Certain Sound through Theology

Earlier this week I posted about the danger of abdicating our responsibility to speak clearly to our world about God. … More

The loneliness of the long distance Pastor

At the moment it seems like everything is interim. The decisions that we were agonising over a fortnight ago about … More

Coronavirus, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

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, … More

Christianity, Local Church, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry

Brothers, shall we weep?

As Christian ministers we are vulnerable to the twin temptations of activism and stoicism, of deploying our energies or cutting … More

Christianity, Evangelism, Grief, Local Church, Ministry, Mission, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, priorities

Varied Apostasy

Proclaiming honest doubt and articulating unbelief are not as new as we may think they are. One of the notes … More

Apostasy, Doubt, truth, Unbelief

Living in important times

I have lived in important places, times When great events were decided; who owned That half a rood of rock, … More

Christianity, Culture, Evangelism, Ministry, Mission, priorities, service, Social Media

No private matter – Pt.1

When we prize the interests of party above those of the whole community, when we make our perspective prescriptive, our … More

Christianity, Culture, Evangelism, Mission, Social Media

You are the traffic

One of the best advertising slogans I have witnessed appeared in the very worst of places. In the furred arterial … More

Christianity, Evangelism, Ministry, priorities, service, Worship

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