Life and Faith

Tag: Writing

  • Published: It’s Time To Take The Guilt Out Of Your Bible Reading

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    I had the privilege of having a piece about our Bible reading and the guilt we often feel with it published at YMI. In the article I talk about how we often feel guilty because we make plans to read our Bible’s and connect with God but aren’t consistent. I try to make the point…

  • My Top Posts of 2022

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    I’ve done very little writing on this blog in 2022. So little writing you’d almost think I’ve given this away! But, this isn’t the case. Life circumstances have changed and publishing content through this website hasn’t been a priority these past 12 months. A change in churches and moving into a Lead Pastor role has…

  • My Top Posts of 2021

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    I continue to write and seek to express myself and hopefully encourage others along the way too. This past year has seen my writing develop in different ways, and less so on this blog than I would’ve liked. I’ve been taken up with writing more sermons due to an increased teaching role at my church.…

  • My Top Posts for 2020

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    After three years of significant growth the last 12 months has seen a little dip on my blog. I’ve certainly had less capacity for writing, and have slowed down my posting and focus. This has had an impact. But then, hasn’t everyone slowed down and felt unfocussed in some form or another at times this…

  • Christ In A Curfew

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    Our city has now been under a curfew for a week. What an amazing sentence to write. I’ve always figured that to be under curfew would mean I was living in a country under martial law or something similar; where there would be the threat of violence and war. Even living in the Middle East…

  • My Top Posts of 2019

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    I continue to plug away on this thing called a blog. There are times when I wonder whether any of the words I string together to make sentences and paragraphs are worth publishing. But it seems this year has seen continued growth on this blog, and also some wider writing on other ministry sites, so…

  • Youth Minister ‘But Now’ Series

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    Each day last week I had a blog post series published at Rooted Ministry. Each post focussed on particular slabs of Scripture that used the phrase ‘but now’. The entire series was narrowing in on the theme of identity in the life and times of a youth ministry practitioner (and others). The round up of…

  • Published: 5 Advantages of Gospel Centred Youth Ministry

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    It’s very pleasing to have had another post about youth ministry published on The Gospel Coalition. This time I’m written about what I see as the advantages to a gospel-centred approach in youth ministry. It seems odd this even needs to be said. And using the phrase ‘gospel-centred’ when everyone else uses it beings to…

  • Published: You’re Not Wasting Your Degree In Youth Ministry

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    A little while back Tim Gough of YouthWorkHacks.com wrote a couple of posts encouraging greater training for those in youth ministry. The first, ‘Why Train For Ministry?‘, gives a number of bullet point-like sentences on how training can help in the formation and learning of a youth pastor. The second, ‘How To Pick A Youth…

  • Published: The Stories Behind The Stories

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    The surface level small talk and the triviality of much of life, thanks to social media and the busyness of life, makes it hard to take time and listen to others. Recently I’ve been pondering this, particularly after observing the way people around me use social media and their devices. My ponderings made it into…