Even when our idolatry rules us, we’re often wrong about the reality keeping us away

I read an article in the last few days about planting in deprived communities. The thrust of the article was about the desire to protect

We probably need to stop saying ‘prayer works’

Of course, I do think prayer actually works. By which I mean, I do believe praying actually achieves real things in the world. I think

Depression slays the idol of productivity

You might have seen that a book I edited on ministering in the midst of depression is shortly coming out. If you didn’t see that,

Discerning the idols of your heart necessarily involves more than what upsets you

Yesterday my computer decided to go into an endless death loop. A frustrating problem with the tracker pad led to some bigger problems until, eventually,

Have you valued and loved rightly?

We just got back from holiday yesterday. We had a rare old time, thanks for asking. So much so, the children were especially sad to

Clickbait: a metaphor for idolatry

There is little online I despise quite as much as clickbait. Even if you don’t know what clickbait is, you will have inevitably encountered it.

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