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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
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
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
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
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
Hunting for a hero

February 15th, 2019

Heroes and villains are the backbone of many a good story. Good versus evil. A damsel/city/planet ...
Arts, LICC, On Culture
What I learned in 2018

January 1st, 2019

Happy New Year! Over the past couple of weeks I've reflected on my top reads of the ...
On Life, Things that matter
What is faith for? – Repost from Salt

November 30th, 2018

“Religion”, Karl Marx famously said, “is the opium of the people.” An article in 1843 magazine ...
On Faith, Salt
So, I have some news…

October 30th, 2018

Jen Wilkin begins both the first and last chapters of her book None Like Him with ...
Books, On Faith, Writing
What Qualifies God to Judge?

October 2nd, 2018

Here's my latest post from the ThinkTheology blog, posted last Thursday: ------ In our Bible study group last ...
On Faith, ThinkTheology
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
Two mighty words – repost from Think Theology

May 29th, 2018

There are two very powerful little words in the Bible. They crop up again and again, ...
On Faith, ThinkTheology
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
Walk this way – lessons in faith on the streets of London

February 9th, 2018

Ugly modern edifices notwithstanding, the streets of London are absolutely drenched with history. You could probably ...
On Faith, On Life, ThinkTheology
‘Those who Wait’ – Review

November 2nd, 2017

When looking for a Bible study, I like to find one that opens up the familiar ...
Books, Reviews
Home is where…

July 4th, 2017

At some point in my first year at uni I read (not for the first time) ...
Books, Reviews
Disagree agreeably

May 20th, 2016

You know how sometimes the same kind of theme comes up several times in a week? ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, Things that matter, ThinkTheology
The Gift of Lament

May 11th, 2016

In their book about raising two autistic children, Andrew and Rachel Wilson talk a bit about ...
On Faith, On Life, ThinkTheology
Mind Where You Tread

April 29th, 2016

This is part three of a Think Theology series of ‘bits I didn’t get to unpack ...
On Faith, ThinkTheology
Onward!

April 22nd, 2016

In last week’s post, we began looking at the blessings God was pouring out on Isaac, ...
On Faith, ThinkTheology
The scandal that rocked…nobody at all

April 11th, 2016

It should have been a great scoop for The Telegraph. 'Archbishop Illegitimate: Welby conceived in drunken ...
In the News, On Culture, On Faith, On Life, Things that matter
Review: Resurrection Year

February 23rd, 2016

"Books like this usually end with a miracle." So said one of the potential publishers of ...
Books, On Faith