Considering a Call

On this day one year ago I received a phone call from an esteemed elder in a Baptist church over … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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