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Monday, July 22, 2024

The window has now closed for another two years

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I’ve just concluded a fortnight of school holidays. My wife is currently in Europe on her annual trip to visit her family. As of Sunday, thi...
Monday, July 15, 2024

Should we want to double-speed our faith?

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Last Sunday I heard a sermon delivered via voiceover since the minister was ill. Hearing a sermon isn’t unusual in the modern age. We can he...
Monday, July 8, 2024

What kind of fish are you looking to be?

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I am attached to two churches. One is much larger than the others. Even though I’m only at each on alternative fortnights, I’m significantly...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Are you obligated to share your pain to your minister?

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Everybody gets a season . Life happens. And when life hurts you need support. For some, they wouldn’t think twice about sharing their burden...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Honouring the intentions behind the word-salad

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I like the… um… things… which you do with the kids each week. I appreciate that you… care… for the teens. Thanks for all the… stuff… you do ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Your loneliness is shaped by your expectation

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What did you expect? For a lot of our emotions, their root cause can be traced back to our expectations. We are angry… because of our expect...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Maintaining some of the links

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In a lot of professions, change is a given. People move. People graduate. People get promoted. Life circumstances change. But, continuity ma...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Being thankful that you could appear like a big fish

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As far as youth ministries are concerned, I was a part of multiple large ministries. At least comparatively. My numbers were larger. My syst...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

The growth progression

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The following is true across a lot of areas in life, particularly vocationally. I’ve found the following to be particularly apt for both min...
Monday, June 3, 2024

When reading the Bible is a drag

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Right now I’m halfway through my five-year mega bible reading plan. By the end of 2026 I will have read through and studied, usually by read...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

The advantage of not remembering the better times

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I’ve now been teaching for a few years, I still consider myself a newbie in many ways. One reminder is the fact that I’m surrounded by a lot...
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Would models in the pulpit and classroom help or hurt?

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I’m not hot. In fact, I just asked my wife and she said that I’m a “six or seven” out of ten. A five or six, apparently, when wearing my gla...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

How my past shaped the flaws of my ministry

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I wrote earlier this week that every prospective minister must be queried about the flaws of the most influential minister from their past....
Monday, May 13, 2024

The questions every beginning minister must face

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“What has been the worst trait of the most influential minister in your life?” This is the essential question (aside from the one about a ge...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Do you consider the testimony you leave for the cleaners?

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Every church needs to be cleaned. Every church doesn’t have a professional cleaner. The former is a necessity. The later can happen through ...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Do I look like a flat-earther to my workmates?

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If I were a flat-earthier than I would expect a few weird looks at school. The same thing would be true if I were a young-earthier . Or a Sc...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Do we wait better or worse than a generation ago?

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At the end of any given teaching term there will inevitably be a time when you witness excruciating boredom upon the face of a student. Mayb...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Am I a bigger failure as a teacher or a youth minister?

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My last post asked if I was a greater success as a teacher or as a youth minister. I ended that post by concluding that I’ve had more hits ...
Monday, April 8, 2024

Am I a more successful teacher or youth minister?

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Teaching and youth ministry have a lot of similarities. Both involve teenagers. Both involve explaining things in a way which are, hopefully...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

The importance of finding your patch in a church

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Approximately two years ago my wife and I transitioned from the evening service to the morning service at our church. As a consequence, we e...