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This Uncomfortable Moment
There was a phrase people got sick of during the many pandemic lockdowns: ‘This is a pivot moment’.Did you cringe anytime you heard the word ‘pivot’? Or did you feel energised by i...
26 May 2022
Lessons from a Sabbatical
How will you be different when you go back?This question from my spiritual director mirrored Jesus’ question in John 5 that stopped me in my tracks early on in July. ‘Do you want to ...
6 October 2021
Leading in a Crisis
Over the last few months I have been on a sharp learning curve. Leading in a crisis looks different from leading ‘normally’. Here are some things I’ve noticed as I’ve tried to pay attent...
24 May 2021
The Beauty of Sharing Leadership
Several years ago, while studying at Irish Bible Institute, I wrote a reflection on leadership as part of my Master’s dissertation. In it I described my belief that shared leaders...
24 May 2021
Leading Youth Ministry Through Lockdown
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, as another wave of restrictions and guidelines began to take effect in the city where I live, I found myself channel-hopping for something interesting t...
10 December 2020
Love and Mission in the Time of Coronavirus
Self- isolation. Social distancing (or the more helpful distant socialising).Terms most of us had never heard of that have become commonplace. The Coronavirus pandemic has turned our ...
6 April 2020