Category: Reflections

Every few months, LinkedIn fills up with a new wave of thought leaders discovering that workplaces should be built on trust, mutual accountability, honest communication, and the dignity of the individual. Frameworks get named. Books get published. TED talks accumulate views. What rarely gets mentioned is that these ideas have a source, and it’s roughly…

Reflections on Italian Evangelical Life for Missionaries, Returning Italians, and the Italian Church Itself This piece is written from inside affection, not from outside criticism. It is intended for three groups of readers who often find themselves in the same room without quite seeing one another: missionaries serving in Italy, Italians who have returned home…

There is a profound freedom that accompanies spiritual maturity: the ability to look across the aisle, past secondary theological differences and stylistic preferences, and recognise a brother or sister in Christ. For the mature believer, the Kingdom of God is vastly larger than any single denomination. The goal is never to find a flawless congregation—because…

Dear friend, Read this slowly, if you will. Not because what follows is complicated, but because the thing I want to say is the kind of truth that slips past a hurried mind. You are tired. Not because you are failing, but because you are working. You are straining to complete something that was completed…

Recently, my thoughts drifted back to the “Covid times” for several reasons.  My plumber’s brother fell ill last year and was diagnosed with myocarditis.  Interestingly, the first question the hospital doctors asked him was “How many doses of Covid vaccine did you have?”  This is a stark contrast to the shunning faced by those who…

In modern evangelical circles, we often hear a message that sounds deeply pious: “If you want to be saved, you must surrender every area of your life to God. You must put everything on the altar. You must pay the price of discipleship to receive the gift of salvation.” While these sentiments may aim to produce…

When someone leaves a congregation, the instinctive reaction is often defensive and self-protective. The narrative forms quickly and predictably. The person who left is assumed to be at fault. They lacked maturity. They resisted authority. They grew spiritually dry. They did not want to serve. They were unwilling to sacrifice. In short, their departure is…