And why not? Here’s a thing, there’s a woman in Mark 5 who has been bleeding for twelve years, and we don’t know her name. What got preserved for two thousand years of church history is her medical condition. We call her the Woman with the Issue of Blood. Not her personality, not her family. Just the thing… Read More »

Don’t hold back… honestly. There’s probably a few a moments in your life when you look back in retrospect and know things could have worked out better, if you had put just a little, tiny more effort into it… #tshirt King Joash did. And he didn’t. And it cost him more than he would realise. Over in 2… Read More »

Fresh direction for weary hearts I know you can relate. Every so often we find ourselves in situations that didn’t work out in the way we expected. We’d done all the right things, pray, think, seek advice, adjust the plan and then, just to make sure – pray again. We actually knew what to do and how to… Read More »

Leaders know that room. It’s a new day and as far as last night is concerned, God watched over you. And as the old Jewish prayer says, your spirit has been returned to your body. Another day. Another long day. Before your feet touched the floor, the world is already pressing in. Ukraine. Gaza. Earthquakes carving fault lines… Read More »

When the gap won’t let you look away Have you ever done everything right and still felt it wasn’t whole, kind of incomplete, unfinished? You know that feeling. You’ve given it your best. You stayed late. You prayed hard. You held your tongue when it mattered. You made the call. You had the conversation. You did what integrity… Read More »

Omniscience in personal space Thomas. We have not been kind to him. We gave him a nickname that has outlived him. Doubting Thomas. It sounds tidy. Memorable. Almost affectionate. But labels have a way of shrinking people to their weakest line. And if we are not careful, we end up misreading Thomas, and risk mischaracterising Jesus. We do… Read More »

Both of them. I dream often, most nights. Some grab me and drag me from my sleep, others are just me working through life. Chess dreams where I try to move a pawn diagonally and I know that’s not how it goes. You’ve probably had a stirring, emotive dream too. You can’t explain it, but you know it’s… Read More »

We’re all standing on the edge of something. Can I ask you a question? Have you ever had someone ask you a seemingly innocent question that sounded simple on the surface – but you knew, deep down, or at least suspected, it carried more weight than they realised? The gospel narrative in John 12:21 has that air about… Read More »

And it won’t be because of you I’ve been musing over the beatitudes recently, as you do, and one verse got me thinking, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” It’s Jesus speaking. And standing there on that Galilean hillside were men and women who knew their own contradictions. Quick tempers. Hidden lusts. Petty… Read More »

Jesus. Justice. And why grace never carries a clipboard. People watching. It’s therapeutic. Have you ever sat in a coffee shop, people watching, and noticed someone outside with all their belongings in a plastic bag-wondering what brought them there, and what keeps you from being in their shoes? Local councils want nice, tidy streets. The old saying is… Read More »