Commitment-Phobe: From the depths

23/10/2020 | Reform

I’ve been suffering lockdown of the heart

Before Covid, I had been yearning for discipleship. I had been yearning to slow down, to do less at church and more in my heart with God. The desire of my heart was … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Compassion please

28/09/2020 | Reform

Can churches encourage self-compassion?

As you read this, it’s October. Children throughout the country, including my own, will hopefully have spent a month at school without complications, quarantines, or lockdowns. Many people will be doing some version of their old … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Joining protests

26/06/2020 | Reform

Why is my church not protesting?

America was protesting. The world was protesting. But halfway through the week after the death of George Floyd, I was asking: Where is my church in this? How do we respond when we cannot … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Locked in

29/05/2020 | Reform

Navigating self discovery in lockdown

I am writing this in early May, after seven weeks of lockdown in the UK. But by the time you are reading this, lockdown may be over and social distancing will be easing. Or not. … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Home church

24/04/2020 | Reform

Does church matter?

Maybe the biggest question I have at this time is: what matters? Grammar? And my eight year old learning it? No. Makeup? No. New clothes? No. Food? Very much.

Does knowing how to cook, clean up, repeat, … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Worship night

30/03/2020 | Reform

Quick, hide the tambourines!

I have been to one or two big event nights run by the ministry charity David’s Tent. The worship is glorious and it is hard not to feel the love of God. I have attended less … Read More