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August 2024

August 19, 2024

Learning the Art of Surrender

In military terms, surrender is failure – the vanquished power bowing to their vanquisher –...

July 2024

July 28, 2024

Difficult Conversations Are Part of Healing

When someone hurts us, the most complete expression of mercy has at least two moving...

January 2024

January 05, 2024

God’s Favourite Track on His Favourite Album

I don’t usually write about personal times of prayer but want to share an experience...

May 2023

May 27, 2023

Forgiveness Builds the Bridges Between Us

At every level of relationship there is the inevitability of disappointment. Everyone gets let down...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

Progressive or Evangelical?

Over the past year or so I’ve been writing for Patheos, several people have told...

June 14, 2022

Those Wounds Yet Visible Above

I've often taken comfort from the idea that Jesus' resurrection body still bears the scars...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

What does the Bible say about abortion?

I generally avoid this topic, especially since the SCOTUS leak about the overturning of Roe...

May 27, 2022

The Problem of Persecution

Christians have a weird relationship with persecution, often speaking and acting as if it only...

May 21, 2022

Lean Hard Into That Rudder

I’ve always found James’ teaching on taming the tongue exciting and bewildering in equal measure....

April 2022

April 17, 2022

What Jesus wanted his disciples (and us) to know – Part 2

Last time we established that as the disciple closest to Jesus, John wrote about him...

April 15, 2022

What Jesus wanted his disciples (and us) to know

Of the four Gospels in the New testament, I have a particular fondness for the...

April 06, 2022

The Choices That Steer Your Life

Someone I respect once said: ‘If you want to know which direction your life...

January 2022

January 23, 2022

The Connectedness of All Things

Have you ever noticed that Christianity can sometimes feel like a bit of an indoor...

January 18, 2022

The Mythology of Cancel Culture

I hear a lot of talk about cancel culture these days, especially in church, spoken...

November 2021

November 25, 2021

For the Avoidance of Dishonour

A personal reflection: I often write about the church of my upbringing, highlighting the messages...

July 2021

July 31, 2021

Yielding to Peace

To the best of my understanding, God has blessed us abundantly in every...

July 28, 2021

The Deepest Ache

Discipleship would be easy if it wasn’t for other people. If it were just...

July 12, 2021

The Beauty of Meditation

In 2003-2004, I attended an unusual theological school in Alabama, USA, where I learned how...