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I went for a walk with a friend yesterday. It was the perfect day for doing the nine-mile circular walk around Thorney Island. It was a...

There has been no blog for the past three weeks because I have been on holiday with my wife in Australia for three weeks. It was...

It was good to have the opportunity to preach on the Sunday after Easter. In some churches the Easter season can be over and done with by...

Not sure if you remember what famous Christmas movie the words “Wow! What a hole!” come from? It is a line that always makes me laugh. I...

Recently I attended an event organised by Sussex Gospel Partnership where the speaker Tim Ward spoke about preaching with sensitivity to...

The first national lockdown of the Covid pandemic started four years ago this week. The guidance was to stay at home if at all possible,...

Fred Craddock, the iconic teacher of Narrative Preaching, used to tell a little joke about his discipline of Practical Theology: “It is...

After teaching all day in Riga at the School of Preachers I had a walk along the river with another pastor who was in Riga that weekend....

In this week four years ago, I started working as the training director of the School of Preachers Trust. My first task was to visit...

Last week the BBC Radio family was united in grief for the loss of iconic DJ Steve Wright and unanimous in appreciation of his unique...

I heard someone speaking this morning about the role of an inspirational teacher in their lives. This teacher had lit a spark of interest...

I was talking my wife this week about what is it that makes a person a good preacher. We agreed that the primary thing that helped us to...