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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....
Sunday, October 19, 2025

Monachopsis: The modern church problem

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I’ll admit,  monachopsis  isn’t a usual word. Frankly, I’ve never used it before. I only stumbled over it during the week. But, I’ve sure fe...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Incorporating the unexpected

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My home church, for a matter of months, had a possum periodically enter the sanctuary and waltz across a support-beam. From memory, it was ...
Monday, October 6, 2025

What number would put you in the top half?

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Of course, there’s no real way to work out the answer to the following conundrum… What would put you in the top half of growing churches? Wh...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Opening the window for the 5-Minute Expert

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No matter what vocation you work in, there will always be people who are experts in a certain segment of the job. Maybe they’ve been doing i...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The message that must emerge from the banter

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I love my staff room. One of the best things about it is the quality banter. One of the common sounds amongst my colleagues is laughter. Or ...
Friday, September 19, 2025

How should a youth group or church respond to a traumatic event on the other side of the world?

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Event. Reporting. Reaction. Reaction to the reaction. This is the modern news-cycle. So, how should a church respond to a newsworthy event? ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

No, I will not pray FOR Charlie Kirk

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Now, I didn’t write this headline because I want to be ruthlessly cancelled by a pitch-fork wielding horde online. Frankly, I have no strong...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Is it better to follow up a stinker or a banger?

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Every Sunday falls seven days after a Sunday and, in another seven days, another Sunday will roll around. This is the cycle of church work. ...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Is there greater fruit in being a minister’s grandkid?

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My parents aren’t believers. Thus, I’ve certainly never personally known what it’s like to be the kid of a minister. But, I’ve definitely kn...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

How paying attention can look different now

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What does paying attention look like in 2025? In the classroom, this will look like a student who is off their electronic device (or using i...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Do we consume the bible like we do TikTok?

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My daughters, for a while, had been asking to watch the Marvel films catalogue. Consequently, over the last few months, we’ve been (selectiv...