It was a real honour to have Being the Bad Guys awarded Australian Christian Book of the Year last night at the Sparklit Awards. The standard of writing in Australian Christian books is high at the moment, and I think part of that is down to our “distance” from the bigger evangelical platforms. It feels […]
Today is our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve gotten up early (as I always do) to write this. Jill seems to sleep her deepest at 6am. I pulled the blankets over her gently breathing body, covering her foot up, (one always seems to find itself astray and lie cold bereft in the mornings at the edge […]
TGC Australia’s Andrew Moody interviewed me about my forthcoming book “Being the Bad Guys” recently. It all happened before the US shenanigans of last week, but it’s interesting how in our discussion we speak about how the church needs to move forward in these times. If you’re interested in a copy you can go to […]
My book, “Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn’t” can be pre-ordered now. Here’s a short video giving the intel on what it’s about: Preorders in the US here Preorders in the UK here Preorders in Australia here
The Culture War threatening to tear the West apart has become guerrilla warfare. Once confined to demarcated battlefields such as university settings and political houses, in which all of the combatants were recognised soldiers, it is now being fought street fighting door to door, house to house. And increasingly dining table to dining table, family […]
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, all of them are misty, a chasing after the wind. (Ecclesiastes 1:14) Windy. It was going to be windy. The forecast ten days out from Marathon#6, with me in the form of my life going into it, and it was going to be […]
My friend Dave and I have finished our e-novel The Queensberry Rules, which you can purchase from those good people/automatons at Amazon.com here. Something that started as an idea for a literary novel (I came up with the idea five years ago on a train from London to Sheffield and still have those handwritten notes), […]
With The Queensberry Rule nearing completion my writing partner Dave Cornford and I thought that we would put a bit of a promo together. We’re looking at a mid-Nov launch date.
If you are following the novel that I am writing with Sydney writer Dave Cornford, here is the next free instalment: The Queensberry Rule Chapter 3 The winter dipped into its darkest moments, hanging on too, despite the march of the sun. Jason healed quickly – physically – but even as he did so, […]
So what happens next? Jason Walters has just been mugged – by life. An anonymous attacker has left him battered and bruised physically, adding insult to the injury of his difficult personal life. Can he get off the ropes and move on? The Queensberry Rule Chapter 2 Jason woke slowly and late. The […]
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