Hi - I'm Rob. I'm married to Gail and we have a handsome, cheeky cocker spaniel called Harley. I am a Christian leader, pastor and preacher. I am a Salvation Army officer leading a congregation in the south of England. I am a leadership and discipleship blogger and daily devotional podcast host.
Leaders are readers, and many readers are leaders, but there never seems enough time to finish the reading that helps us learn and grow as leaders. Holidays free up that time. How do we continue reading when we return home?
A Christian without the power of the Holy Spirit isn’t much use to the Kingdom either. The events of Pentecost serve to remind us what a life-changing difference the indwelling power of God’s Spirit can make in our lives.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Are you overwhelmed by email? Over the past twenty years, email has become a staple way for us to communicate. But many of us feel like we’re drowning in it. We need to know how to manage our email inbox. This is part one of an eight-part series on how to manage your email inbox.
Where are the women in Christianity? Where do we see women in ministry in the Bible? Sometimes, we have to read women back into the Bible.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Let’s thank God for all that is past in The Salvation Army, but let us also show that we trust him for all that’s to come by cheerfully, eagerly, and energetically engaging with the work he has for us to do.
How do leaders avoid overcommitting themselves and drowning in extra work? Here are two tips to help.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
The busier I am the more margin I need. One way to ensure there is margin in my work, is to plan out an Ideal Week.
As King Charles makes his pledges before God this weekend, let’s take the opportunity to pledge again to obey and serve God in all the ways we can.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
One of the biggest culprits in making me less effective in my life and work is interruptions, and one major source of it is technology. I’m distracted at work by phone notifications. It negatively affects work life balance from a Christian perspective. How can we tame our devices to be more productive?
In Psalm 23, God anoints our heads with oil with such generosity that our cups will overflow with blessing! Now, that’s worth celebrating and worth sharing with others. Who could you share the good news with today?
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Being a pastor or Christian leader can sometimes feel lonely. But resilience is not just down to us as an individual.
To be spiritually fruitful, we need to be connected with Jesus at all times so that we can hear his voice when he speaks through Scripture and other people around us who are following him too.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
How do you ensure you have the right priorities in ministry? Use your “yes” to prioritise the most important tasks you do each week.
If you’re looking for some quick tips on how to show God’s love in your life, then look no further than these 59 “One Anothers” found in the Bible to help us treat each other with kindness and grace.
The resurrection of Jesus has the power to make the difference between fear and faith in our lives.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate Jesus coming in all his glory and power. At the same time, Jesus taught us that he came to serve us as a servant. How can these two things be reconciled?
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
David knew that even though he found himself in the depths of despair, God was still with him—and that gave him peace.
Come with me now on an adventure into the world of biblical motherhood and discover how this relationship with our heavenly Father can change your life forever!
The most important part of being a pastor is loving your people well—and that means building relationships with them over time.
Salvationists often speak of “Only the Best for the Highest”. But what does it mean to give God your best? How can I be sure I’m living up to my full potential?
The only way to be saved from our sins is through faith in Christ alone. We can’t do anything to earn our own salvation, nor can we earn God’s mercy. Salvation is a free gift from God.
Resist the temptation to want more, focus on all you have and appreciate it.
By planning out our Sunday sermons ahead of time and taking stock of each new week with a Weekly Preview, pastors are able to stay focused and get through everything that needs doing before Sunday arrives!
God’s Kingdom is based on relationships, on connection. You and I are connected with God and we are connected with each other. And part of that friendship – that being a family – is talking, it’s good conversation.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
If every Christian leader – every Christian – myself included decided simply to be with Jesus, then all other godly goals we might long for would simply fall into place.
Jesus commands us to love God and to love others. You cannot command something that just happens. So love isn’t uncontrollable. It’s a choice. It’s a commitment.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Whilst I spend time in prayer at the beginning of every work day offering the day to God, I want to become more intentional about spending time before God with my to do list and discerning his priorities and not mine.
If your situation seems hopeless, it is not. God is in control of it all. At just the right time, he will act.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
Love God, love others. It is clear from the tributes paid to Joan during her funeral service that she and George took this mission seriously. Liam challenged us all that we should do the same, following in their footsteps. It’s a good challenge! Many of us are engaged in ministry and service to others each week. But God needs all of his Salvation Army to be mobilised.
Whatever you are going through at the moment, Jesus is with you. He loves you and he is interceding for you. Let’s keep our eyes fixed on him, whatever storms of life we might face this year and beyond.
A human relationship withers if we don’t invest in it. The same is true of our relationship with God. What ways might you invest in life with your heavenly Father this year?
Salvationists are called to be visible followers of Jesus. We are called to visibly stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.
It is only when God’s love is flowing into me as it should, that I have that love to flow out of me to those around me.
When it comes to stress in Christian ministry, Christmas is the time of year it hits the most. But there are two reasons why we shouldn’t brag about it. I shared the first one last week, here’s the second one.
In uncertainty, the only certain thing we can reach out for is the joy found in Jesus. Will you reach for him this Christmas?
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
When it comes to stress in Christian ministry, Christmas is the time of year it hits the most. But there are two reasons why we shouldn’t brag about it. I am sharing one this week, with another to follow in next week’s post.
Moment by moment, we can choose to trust in God, knowing that then, all will be well.
It’s hard to stay on top of the many leadership and productivity articles published each week. To help you become the best leader possible, here are three articles I found helpful this week.
