The loneliness of the long distance Pastor

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

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

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

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

Metrics really matter in our current moment in Western culture. By them we can measure the popularity of a movement, … More