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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...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

How important is good banter in my classroom?

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If the title of this post replaced the word important with essential, then the answer would be simple. None. Good banter isn’t essential. Ne...
Sunday, August 3, 2025

The obstacles when you’re not acclimatised

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While my wife and I were in Europe over the last school holidays we did something which we always find a challenge - we hired a car. Of cour...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The thoughts which must be haunting a church visitor

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At my school I am both the coordinator for incoming year 7’s and Peer Support. As such, I get the…. privilege… to see brand new high school ...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

The enjoyment in-balance of church

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My wife and I just returned from a holiday to Europe. Being part German, she goes every year, I only head over every second year. The itiner...
Monday, July 21, 2025

The REAL purpose of High School

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Of course, the answer is to learn. Der. As a teacher, this SHOULD be my response. But, as a teacher, I also know that school doesn’t work fo...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

The support team every youth minister should have

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Everyone has ministry blind spots. I believe this is no more evident than youth ministry. Within this context you’ll be working with childre...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Why the late families deserve double the praise

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Today the kids and I were late to church. Not dramatically late, but late nonetheless. As someone who used to run activities for youngsters ...