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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The swing of a pendulum can be a dangerous thing, correctives can oversteer away from one error and into another, … More

It is something we may not like to acknowledge to ourselves and to others, but as Pastors we make mistakes … More

The news is becoming horribly familiar – a pastor who has been used of God, who has even counselled and … More