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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Do you sit face-to-face or side-by-side with God? Does your gender help you choose?

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How do you like to communicate? If you’re sitting with someone, especially a friend, how do you sit? Generally, women will sit opposite each...
Friday, January 23, 2026

You need to both relax in and fight for God’s sovereignty

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R.G.I.C. Relax, God’s in Charge. This is something which I recited often as a young adult. Jobs?  R.G.I.C. Dating?  R.G.I.C. Ministry?  R.G....
Sunday, January 18, 2026

What are the dynamics of a small town church selection or transition?

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Last week my wife and I were away on holidays and our accomodation was located near some local churches. Catholic. Uniting. Independent. All...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Why I WANT my kids to go to church during January

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6 weeks. As a teacher, I often hear that I get to delight in 6 weeks of holidays over the Summer. Of course, Summer still involves a stack o...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Could I teach at the same school as my own children?

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As a teacher on school holidays I’m not thinking too much about school in 2026. That can still wait a few more weeks since I’m not preparing...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Forgetting the details of my greatest miracle

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I was blind. Then I wasn’t. I’ve mentioned it a few times - when I got an eye injury and lost my vision for a few days in 2014 and now that...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025 Best of…

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It’s 10:30pm New Year’s Eve. I’m sitting on the couch. My cat is asleep beside me. My wife is asleep besides him. 2025 is really ending with...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

The playbook for finding a long-term relationship

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In my last post I wrote that Tinder won’t find you love . Tinder rewards attractiveness and attention. The relationships you admire are buil...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Why Tinder won’t find you what you’re searching for

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Modern dating sounds awful. I’m immensely glad that I’ve never had to do it. Of the many reasons, I would hate to be on the meat-market that...
Friday, December 19, 2025

The skill every teen must learn to be a productive adult

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There are many things you need to learn at school. There are some things you should learn by the time you leave school. Some people think th...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Keeping the balance of ABOUT and OF the topic you’re interested in

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Throughout the week I skim, scroll, read and listen to a bunch of things rotating around the things I’m interested in. Theology. Youth minis...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

The importance of the Present-Continuum in the life of a Christian

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I’m no linguist. I’m certainly not an English scholar. Truth be told, I had no idea what an article or a tense really were within language u...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Should you hope that your teens gets a crush on their youth minister?

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Wayyyy back in 2008 I wrote ( here ) about those within a youth ministry having a crush on their youth minister. As far as I know. It never ...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Why the pulpit MUST volunteer

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Now, obviously, those in positions of leadership can’t be a part of everything which happens within a church. You can’t possibly be in two p...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Are you looking FOR the answer or to BE the answer?

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Christians believe that God answers prayer. Otherwise, why bother? When we pray, often we pray for God to answer our petition. And He does. ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Shouldn’t we just be open about our bedroom intercession?

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We pray they make time for each other… We ask that they reconnect… These types of prayers may be uttered when one spouse has been away from ...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Why it’s important to be mindful of what happened before church

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Some days, it’s easy to get your kids to church. They woke up on time. They had no disagreements. They want to go. Other Sundays are a strug...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

Being alert to the next step in the last conversation

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Developing a relationship takes time and effort. Within an educational or pastoral setting, this relationship develops in snippets. The main...
Monday, October 27, 2025

The mindset to help you handle rejection

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I'm currently open to alternate job offers. As such, I've had a few job interviews of the last few weeks. And... so far... Missed ou...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Declaring it a safe place doesn’t make it so

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“This is a safe space” doesn’t make it a safe space. But, we’ve all heard this phrase shared at the start of a presentation or sharing time....