It’s Sunday afternoon, and so I’m now just patiently waiting for my body and spirit to go through the wave of post-service ‘stuff’, back to some sort of equilibrium. I’m aware that I find it almost impossible to stand in front of any group and not speak passionately from the heart and invariably find myself … More The Mystery of Preaching: Reflections from a Sunday Sermon

One of the things that the 21st century evangelical church doesn’t seem to cope with is wildness, perhaps especially in men. Now, let me clarify that. I’m not talking about the ‘unruly barbarian’ type of wild, or the brash and violent kind of wild, or even the unkempt kind of wild. I’m talking about the … More Unleashing Wildness: Rediscovering the Uninhibited Spirit of Jesus and His Missionaries

A pastor can’t really sit and write a memoir. There are things shared which are for no one else to know. Neither can he really sit and write in any specific terms about the ways in which pastoral ministry becomes a cost, however articulate Paul was about these things. Just recently, more than one fellow … More Enduring Grace in Ministry: By His Wounds We Are Healed