We could call them the ‘pastor’s power pitfalls.’ There are many. Too many. It’s actually scary how much power a pastor wields – for good… and
I was recently speaking at the UCCF staff conference which was a real privilege and joy – and in one of the talks, I gave
Q regulars will be aware that issues related to depression come up here from time to time. One or two have encouraged me to be a
For some reason, the British church has been very slow to take up the challenge of adoption. This is a tragedy. As things stand at the
Well, I feel I rather drew the short straw at ASLP on Sunday with Joshua 11-12 as my passage – but then actually, each of the
I was in Cambridge for a few days speaking for some events that took place far too late at night for me (carol services at
This has been a very hard and sad letter to write – but it does seem the right thing. Rather than give further explanation or
As part of a new series to prepare for/coincide with UNCOVER happening at All Souls over this year, I did a talk on Sunday evening on
Many are unaware of L’Abri. And that is both a shame and an inevitability. It is a work that thrives behind the scenes and out of
Last summer, I wrote a series of posts on the highly pretentious sounding ‘dehumanising metrics of modernist ministry’. Don’t be put off (although in fairness,
C. S. Lewis was a great burster of pride’s balloons. His Screwtape Letters are a masterful model in how to do that. But he was
You may not have heard of Frances Whitehead – but if you have read any of John Stott’s books, you will have witnessed her extraordinary