Tag: god

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…

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…