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Who in the world am I preaching to?

I preach over 100 sermons annually. That amounts to more hours of preparation than I can hope to quantify, and … More

Local Church, Ministry, Preaching

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

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

Christianity, Church life, Culture, Local Church, Misunderstanding

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

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

Regather. Rejoice. Lament. Rebuild.

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

Covid19, Local Church, Ministry

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

‘I long to see you’ – the glory of contingency

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

Church life, Coronavirus, Local Church, Ministry, Mission

Coronavirus, vulnerability, and dignity

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

Care, Coronavirus, Kindness, Local Church, Love

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

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