Chick-fil-A, the famed chicken fast food franchise, has just announced that it will now open Sundays. CEO Dan T Cathy declared this past week that the shifts in consumer expectations have resulted in a careful decision by the company to open seven days per week, starting from January 2020. In a press release today, Cathy […]
I have appreciated the Netflix series, The Good Place (the earlier seasons are better). Here at Third Space, my colleague David Robertson and I discuss the show, it’s views of heaven and hell, why God is strangely absent, and what it says about right and wrong. Have a watch of The Good Place, if […]
Speaking as a cynical, grumpy ex-Gothic X-Generation boy who all the other generations despise, let me say this: If you’re a Christian, it’s not ok to say “Ok Boomer” That’s a dismissive and arrogant thing to say. And Boomers? It’s not ok to razz out on Millennials, as snowflakes or whatever. For what it’s worth […]
“Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.” Haggai 1:10-11 Have you ever “done an Izzy?” Have […]
My twin brother and I were recently interviewed by The Centre for Public Christianity He’s an atheist. I am not! He is an academic. I am a pastor. I believe Jesus rose from the dead. He doesn’t. I loved this Life and Faith podcast interview because it gave us a chance to talk through some things […]
One of the of the most common question we get asked when we visit people in Australia is this: “what can your work in Mozambique teach the local Australian church about sharing the Good News with people in Australia”? Our answer is pretty simple: “Learn the language and culture of people outside of your church […]
Something is going to have to give. At the very time that work has been elevated to a means of not just material production, but identity production, it’s also become the second biggest means of stress production after family conflict. So we read in The Guardian, the searing truth about work making us feel more […]
If you want to check out what I have been doing since stepping down as senior pastor at the start of the year, you can check out the new Third Space website. Third Space exists to create room for dialogue between Christians and non-Christians; to consult with churches as to where that room/third-space might be (bearing […]
Now The West Wing is not a series I ever got in to, but my colleague at my new venture, Third Space, David Robertson has seen all of the series seven times (that’s biblical proportions), and even has the tee-shirt. It’s an old series now, but gee it’s got some staying power. Perhaps as politics […]
It’s about a year since we made the announcement that I would be stepping down from the role of senior pastor of our church, and handing that role to our then-associate pastor. I would be continuing in a two day role at the church, primarily as a preaching/teaching pastor. In light of that past […]
