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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

What preaching shadow does the departure leave?

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As an employee, I’ve left multiple churches. Most under good circumstances. Not all. I’ve been involved with many churches where a staff mem...
Friday, January 21, 2022

When the bible reminds you how much you don’t actually know

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I’m currently in the first segment of a multi-year, self devised, bible reading plan. The gist is pretty simple. I read, chronologically, se...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The question every Christian private school must wrestle with

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Leading up to the new school term I’ve had a number of interviews about teaching positions for the upcoming year. Included in this merry-go-...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

The test of Christian maturity you’ll inevitably face

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Do you need to know all the details? I can think of a number of occasions when the details of a situation have not been shared with everyone...
Friday, December 31, 2021

2021 Best of…

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12 months ago I asked… How do you sum up the dumpster fire that was 2020? Well, you could pose a similar query to 2021. This year COVID put ...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

What role should death play in modern evangelism?

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A few weeks ago I was having a conversation about evangelism and, somehow we got onto the role of death. I assume it was because, for the fi...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Does chronologically misaligned prayer still work?

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Earlier this week I had a job interview for a teaching job. At approximately the some time, someone else in my small group was also having a...
Friday, December 17, 2021

If you want to sing to Jesus, don’t point it here

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My last post mentioned one of the differences between Catholics and Protestants - the former especially mark their first partaking in commun...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

What do you gain by knowing the first time you had communion?

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I never knew when my first communion was. I can guess a location. Probably. Whilst communion is significant, as a Protestant, it's just ...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

How does internal silence effect prayer?

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For the last fortnight I've been walking the streets reading gas meters - a job I haven't done for the last five years. Weirdly, thi...
Monday, November 29, 2021

You’re not meant to BE Jesus at your work

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It’s not uncommon to hear that you’re meant to BE Jesus. In your home. In your workplace. Amongst your family and friends. I have a few prob...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Willingness > Expert

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Now that churches are starting to open up in Sydney, once again, congregations are singing. Last week I saw a few singers and they made me r...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Heaven is going to be amazing… unless…

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The best, biggest, church service ever! The greatest, closest, Christian camp ever! These are two of our favourite images for heaven. Worshi...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The message virgin converts need to hear

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Those   converting to Christianity in adulthood resemble bigfoot - heard about but rarely seen.  But, the more I think about later converts ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

You may not grade on a curve, but you should definitely praise on one

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Teachers do a lot of marking. Lots and lots. While I’ve been on teacher prac the last few weeks I’ve been doing a lot of written online clas...
Saturday, October 9, 2021

The high price of COVID we may not see coming

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  COVID has taken a high toll. People have died. Others will have long term health consequences. Businesses have gone under. Mental health c...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

When will I pull the pin?

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This Friday I will record a video post to mark the ten-year anniversary of Tiny Bible Bits . This blog, as of August, has just clicked over ...
Friday, September 17, 2021

We shouldn’t just pray for someone

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A few weeks ago I recorded the prayer that was presented during church. It was… ok. Nothing too special.  Just a few minutes in length. This...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Preaching should come at a cost for talented ministers

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No one should do it all . Which, surely, poses a problem for immensely talented ministers. Of course, this means that I was never a threat o...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Jumping through the hoops

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Technically, I could now teach in school. Furthermore, as of around ten minutes ago, my application to be a full-time teacher as just submit...