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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

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

A Certain Sound through Preaching

How are we to answer the exigencies and anxieties of the hour? What tone of voice and approach should we … More

Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 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

‘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

St. Patrick and the work of ministry

In the eyes of many Patrick is the patron saint of excess, a figurehead for beer-fuelled parades and parties. Nothing, … More

Ministry, Mission, Pastoral Ministry, St. Patrick’s Day

Ministry and Meltdown

One of the mirages of our modern lives is that we are stable and secure in terms of our most … More

Ministry, Technology

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

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