I am always interested in the way people communicate. Take conversations, for example. For most people, a conversation is a fantastic opportunity to gain insights, get to know someone better, learn more, and generally exchange information. For a small percentage of the population though, a conversation is just a monologue, thinly disguised. Being a talkaholic is a real problem for human relationships, and even more so for a leader. Sometimes a talkaholic can be helped if some

For the first time in over thirty years Rick and I are looking for a church to belong to. For longer almost than some of you have been alive, we have pastored the church we attended, first in Australia and then in the UK. Even after we handed the leadership of our church over in order to lead the CGI network, we still knew where we would be worshiping each week as we preached around the nations. And now we’ve returned to Australia and we’re looking for a church to join. It’s

Recently I had coffee with a friend. We talked, as we usually do, about everything under the sun. Eventually the conversation turned to why we feel like we so often do. What is it that causes emotions like fear, anxiety, resentment, pride, rejection, anger, depression and self pity to surface unbidden and unwanted, especially at key times when we really need all our wits to operate in a good way? My friend has a theory and it’s one I subscribe to myself. Let me explain it to