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

Misunderstanding the Church Pt.2

Living in the last dim rays of gospel light in Western culture can give the church a strong sense of … More

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

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

Church families are returning to their buildings once again in the UK and Ireland, after a break of almost four … More

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

A measure of our new sense of normality is that the decision whether or not to run church services has … More

In the present global health crisis there are some whose fears and needs could easily become a footnote to a … More

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

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