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A lockdown worth living?

January 7th, 2021

Here in England we have just entered our third COVID-19 lockdown. The restrictions are a little ...
In the News, LICC, On Faith
My top reads of 2020

December 31st, 2020

I managed to hit 50 books on my read/listened to list this year - helped by ...
Books, Reviews
Radiant beams

December 24th, 2020

The third verse of Silent Night seems to perplex modern singers. You've probably noticed - most ...
On Faith
Should you take the COVID-19 vaccine?

December 17th, 2020

There are many rumours, anxieties and conspiracy theories floating around about the coronavirus vaccines that have ...
Evangelical Alliance, In the News, On Faith, On Life, Speaking, Things that matter
Finding contentment in…my life choices

December 1st, 2020

If you're a regular reader you'll know that my first book, If Only, has recently been released ...
If Only, On Faith
I now declare this book officially open!

November 3rd, 2020

I had SUCH FUN on Saturday night launching my book, If Only out into the world. Because of ...
Books, If Only, On Faith, Writing
The limitations have purpose

October 26th, 2020

It's been a while since I wrote an article for LICC's 'Connecting with Culture' blog, but ...
LICC, On Culture, On Life
Review: Deeper Still

October 6th, 2020

Earlier this year I was invited to endorse Deeper Still, and opened the pdf thinking 'I ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
Is God worth it?

October 1st, 2020

In our office devotions recently, we looked at Ruth 4. It's the chapter where our hero, ...
Books, If Only, On Faith
The stinky fish challenge

August 24th, 2020

It was the worst kind of morning. Their nightly labour was over, but they had nothing ...
On Faith
Prayer everywhere

August 17th, 2020

I hate changing the toilet roll. I don't know why; it just seems the most tedious of ...
On Faith
Reflections on the #Hamilfilm

July 17th, 2020

OK, so now you've all had a chance to watch the Hamilton film (the recording of ...
Arts, Movies, On Culture
Identifying Our Ingrained Idolatry – repost from Think Theology

June 26th, 2020

Imagine a city – let’s say London – with no theatres, no museums, no boutiques. It ...
Between the Lines, In the News, On Culture
Review: Sensible Shoes

June 5th, 2020

It took me a long time to get round to reading this book. The trouble was, ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
A Thousand Generations

May 29th, 2020

The other day I was musing on my spiritual heritage, and thanking God for all the ...
On Faith, On Life, Things that matter
Seeing Martha

May 19th, 2020

In my forthcoming book, If Only, I touch briefly on one of Jesus' encounters with Martha. ...
If Only, On Faith
Read this outstanding book

April 24th, 2020

There has been a wealth of writing in recent years from Christians who experience same-sex attraction ...
Books, On Faith, Things that matter
The ethics of emergencies must not become policy for peacetime

April 3rd, 2020

Back in October I started a new part-time job, as Associate Head of Public Policy for ...
In the News, On Life, Things that matter
‘If Only…’ – Now available to pre-order

March 23rd, 2020

Want something different to talk about for a while? How's this: My book is now available to pre-order! It ...
Books, If Only, On Faith, On Life, Writing
How Trains Changed Time, or Bright Ideas with Unexpected Consequences

January 6th, 2020

Once upon a time, we didn’t always know the time. We didn’t carry it in our ...
Between the Lines, On Culture, Things that make you go 'Hmmm...'
Review of the Year 2019

January 1st, 2020

The last quarter of 2019 was such a mad one, that looking back I can’t quite ...
Books, On Life
A city for life

September 2nd, 2019

This year when I was invited to write for Scripture Union's Daily Bread Bible reading notes, I was ...
On Faith, Other
Three roots of loneliness and how to fight them

August 16th, 2019

A few weeks ago I got an email inviting me to write a blog post for ...
On Life, Other
On discovering my subconscious racism

July 19th, 2019

I recently received a review copy of a new book by Ben Lindsay, called We Need to ...
On Culture, On Life, Other, Reviews, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
Five specks of flour

May 28th, 2019

In my forthcoming book, I include a section that talks about how we can see God's ...
Between the Lines, LICC, On Faith, Things that matter
A bowl of white rice

April 30th, 2019

That's all I gave my long-suffering Life Group for dinner last week. Just plain, boiled rice. We'd ...
On Faith, Things that matter
When life doesn’t go as planned

March 21st, 2019

Life doesn't always go as we planned. But I'm pretty sure you didn't need me to ...
Books, On Faith, Reviews
I also speak…

March 18th, 2019

Last month I had my first proper speaking engagement. I've co-taught a seminar on writing before, and ...
On Faith, Speaking
When prayer doesn’t work

June 26th, 2018

Apparently the threads blog has just closed down. To be honest, I hadn't even realised it was still ...
On Faith, On Life, Other, Things that matter
Everyday courage

May 7th, 2018

I've had a pretty slow start to my reading year, but this weekend I finished two ...
Books, On Culture, On Faith, Things that matter

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