Z is just the beginning!

Z is just the beginning, because with Jesus, the last will be first. Through what God has called me to do with my life, I’ve traced the story of Gen Z for more than the past 10 years. This hasn’t been planned on my part. When I began my time as youth pastor at StContinue reading “Z is just the beginning!”

This is a Homecoming Year!

As the hours counted down to the New Year, I had an interesting experience – a conversation with a friend that opened a window into the heart of God. It was 31 December 2023, and a friend who’s a church leader told me about a young man who’d recently started attending church, simply because heContinue reading “This is a Homecoming Year!”

Radiant

A couple of years ago I wrote here about a driving passion in my life: that the church would be radiant. Recently, I’ve been overcome by particular gratitude for the church and the incredible church people who have impacted my life. Since I’ve been a believer (and before) I’ve been part of churches. I’ve seenContinue reading “Radiant”

The prayer you stopped praying

We all want to belong. As we read in Luke 1: 5-17, Zechariah and Elizabeth had spent their whole lives feeling like they didn’t fit in with the other families. Unable to have children, they faced their disappointment with a passion and focus on God. Zechariah’s name means ‘God remembers’ and here we discover howContinue reading “The prayer you stopped praying”