Thoughts from The Ezra Centre on formation, Scripture, discipleship, and the long obedience of following Christ in the world as it is.
A close reading of the most important sentence in Ezra, and an honest diagnosis of what happens in a Church that teaches what it has not yet pursued, studied what it has not yet sought, and seeks what it has not prepared its heart to receive.
Read the Essay →The Christian life is not performance. It is overflow. A pastoral reflection on the hidden work of the heart that must precede every public act.
On incarnation as the defining pattern of Christian faith — and why it must shape how we disciple, teach, and live before a watching world.
It was in Antioch that the followers of Christ were first called Christians. What did they see? And what would they see today, if they looked at us?
A hard word, offered in love, for those of us who speak for a living. On the dangers — and the remedy — of ministry untethered from formation.
The kingdom of God advances not through crisis but through continuity. A meditation on the quiet, uncelebrated faithfulness that shapes generations.
Ezra "prepared his heart" before he sought, before he did, before he taught. What does that preparation look like for us? And when do we know it has begun?