Tag: christianity
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Sustainable Ministry: Don’t Hire Defeated (No More Yes Men)
Churches talk a lot about healthy teams. We want trust. Prayerfulness. Shared ownership. Honest communication. People who can carry the mission together, not because they are being dragged into faithfulness, but because something in them has already said yes to Christ, yes to the church, and yes to the work. But sometimes, if we are…
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Still Called: Christian Leadership, Divorce, and the One-Woman Man
by Rowan Goodfellow There’s a question that sits quietly in a lot of churches. Can someone who’s divorced or remarried still lead? For some, the answer is a simple no. For others, it’s a qualified yes. For many, it’s a painful question with no space to be asked out loud. Especially if you’re the one…
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Is God a Bird? Is the Bible Literal? Maybe We’re Asking the Same Question
I walked a bit of a theological tightrope the other day and nearly convinced an young man in ministry that I was a heretic. The topic? Whether we should take the Bible literally. He’d grown up in a Bible church tradition and confidently affirmed, “The Bible is literal.” And to be fair, I don’t think…
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This Is Your Circus: Navigating Church Mess
Navigating Church Conflict with a Little Grace and a Lot of Grit “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” That’d be nice, wouldn’t it? But if you’re in church leadership—or just showing up with a servant’s heart—you’ve probably realised: this is your circus. Those are your monkeys. And that slightly sarcastic, overly tired one lobbing theological banana peels? Might be…
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The Long Walk of Obedience: On Being and Making Disciples
In a world increasingly fragmented by individualism and self-invention, the Christian claim—that we are not our own, but belong body and soul to Jesus the Messiah—cuts sharply against the grain. But more than a bold claim, it is a lifelong journey of transformation. And at the heart of that journey lies discipleship. Not as a…
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