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

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

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

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

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

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