Christmas Gone Worng
[Reposted from The Reflectionary, my blog of church resources] I told myself I wasn’t going to write a Nativity this year – too much other stuff going on. And if this was going to be a book, it needed to […]
Preaching with All Ages – Ally Barrett
Preaching with All Ages Twelve ways to grow your skills and your confidence by Ally Barrett This is a book by someone who knows the problems and pitfalls, as well as the rich rewards, of stepping out of the three-point-sermon comfort […]
Singing the Faith
Hands up who likes a rip-roaring Wesley hymn: thundering out ‘O for a thousand tongues to sing’ or ‘And can it be’? (Looking round) Yes, all of you? Good. You’ll enjoy this post. Today I bring you not one, but […]
Free Sample of All-Age Resources for Holy Week
First published on The Reflectionary, Jan 19th 2021 We’re getting there! We nearly have a new (sane) president of the US, we’re vaccinating our vulnerable at a rate of more than 2 every second (bravo NHS!) and my new Lent […]
Science and Faith – my new favourite book
Reposted from The Reflectionary A year ago saw me in the weirdest job interview ever. I was sitting on my sofa throwing chemicals into a candle flame while pretend-talking to a class of children on zoom. (Covid makes us do […]
Unboxing Video – Woo Hoo!
Very excited to get author copies of my latest book ‘So You’ve Finished Writing. Now What?’ Funny story: The day the books arrived (last Sat) I was due to be giving a little spiel at my local writer’s group. I […]
Advent Devotionals – 3 – Personal
Reposted from The Reflectionary This is the third and final round up of Advent devotionals, this time focussing lovely books just for you. The book suggestions come from a post on The Hope Filled Family by my friend and fellow ACW (Association […]
Advent Devotionals – 2 – Children / Families
First posted on The Reflectionary This is the second round up of Advent devotionals, this time focussing families, children and all-age. The books come from a post on The Hope Filled Family by my friend and fellow ACW (Association of Christian Writers) […]
Advent Devotionals – 1 – Groups
First posted on The Reflectionary You may run screaming at the thought, but Advent Sunday is less than 4 weeks away. Now is the time to think about what you’d like to read in the run up the the World’s […]
Gift Beyond Measure
Reposted from The Reflectionary Christmas is coming. There, I said it. To comfort you in your distress, here is a lovely Christmas resource for you. It’s a book by fellow of the ACW (Association of Christian Writers) member, Howard Webber. […]