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Category: Pastoral work

Considering a Call

On this day one year ago I received a phone call from an esteemed elder in a Baptist church over … More

Christianity, Ministry, Pastoral Calling, Pastoral Ministry

An inherited garden (a ministry parable)

We recently moved to a new home and, given how much outdoor spaces are now being used for entertaining, we … More

Christianity, Hope, Local Church, Ministry, Mission, Pastoral Ministry

3 Reasons to Keep Going as a Pastor

Broadly, if not universally, these are extremely tough times to be a Pastor. Compared with the searing persecution of previous … More

Covid19, Local Church, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Stress

Pastors, Covid, and Criticism

As the barriers erected by Covid 19 in the UK and Ireland start to lift a little, the prospect of … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Local Church, Lockdown, Pastoral Ministry, Pastoralia, Regathering

Preaching under the smile and the smiting rod

As I write these words, our home has descended into the silence of sleep on a Saturday night, and I … More

Covid19, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

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

Before Philippi

In approaching the narrative sections of Scripture, there is always the danger of foreclosure, of assuming the conclusion, and missing … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Ministry, Mission

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

Pastoral Repentance and Resolution

There is much that is notional and fleeting in the approach of a New Year, and there is a great … More

Ministry, New Year, Pastoralia, Pastors, repentance

A Pastor in Therapy

In February of this year I burned out. It was a surprising, disconcerting, and ultimately enlightening experience. The full account … More

CBT, Ministry, Pastoral work, Stress

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