courageousgrace

The past little while, I've been working at turning my research into personality and ministry into a book. It's been VERY slow progress and still very much in draft form but to motivate me to keep going (and hopefully interest you) I thought I'd share a sneak peak of the introduction. Enjoy!! When Personality meets Ministry I’ve always been conscious of my personality (ironically, my personality probably predisposes me to this).   On the Myers-Briggs scale I’m an INFJ. This m

“What’s wrong with these people?” “Why aren’t they here?” “They’re so immature!” “Don’t they understand the gospel?” Have you ever felt...

It was a privilege to speak with Dominic from the Pastor's Heart podcast about some of the research I've been doing into the place of...

A colleague and I have a regular debate: sermon introductions. He thinks they’re "window dressing", stealing time and distracting...

The holidays have arrived and there's no better time to get stuck into some reading. If you're short of ideas on where to start, here's...

Photo by Florian Schmetz on Unsplash Yes and no. They're simple words but they can get us into all sorts of trouble! After a season of...

Every Christian leader's been there… "The church band gets up to play but immediately something’s off. The guitarist's started too slow,...

Yesterday, I turned 40. I minister among university students, so it’s easy to fool myself into thinking I’m younger than I am. But the...

Anger is the most powerful of emotions. With one swing of a fist or lash of the tongue, anger can ruin us in an instant. It undoes...

Image from https://timothykeller.com/author So much has been written since Tim Keller's sad passing a fortnight ago. There's been...

An occupational hazard of student ministry is I spend a lot of time talking about pornography. You've likely heard the stats but they're...

I believe in preaching! I'm convinced it’s critical to the mission of Christ and to the health of his people. I'm convicted that...

In Australia, we have a phrase: 'chucking a sickie'. It's code for calling in to work "sick" so you can spend the day with your mates at...

There's two kinds of ministry leaders. There are those who gravitate toward forming connection. And there are those who are more at home...

Grace demands courage. Courage to trust it in the midst of our doubts and failures. Courage to defend it in the face of opposition....