Author name: Leon Evans

“How creative can we be with leftovers?” “How many shops can we get too in the sales?” “How long can we legally keep Christmas decorations up for?” “How many times will we say, I ate too much over Christmas?!!” These are some of the phrases that fill the space in-between Christmas and new year.. It’s […]

Recently we had the privilege of helping to lead a trip to the Holyland, over 120 people on an amazing trip to Israel and Jordan. We were responsible for 42 people….the blue bus…the fun bus!! There were so many stand out moments, places we visited, experiences we had, reflections that moved us deeply. But one

I wonder how many of us over this past year have lost our joy? It’s been hard, it’s been long, it’s been frustrating and this week, really hot! Joy has sometimes been hard to find. At the start of lockdown in March 2020 we became grandparents for the first time. We could not see our

As we put the clocks forward, notice the flowers emerge and enjoy the longer days; it feels like we are entering a new season….or does it? It’s 2 years since Covid and a month after Russia invaded Ukraine. We seem to be moving from one season of uncertainty to another. I’ve been thinking around the

Time is a funny thing right? It seems to go so quick at times and at other times so slow…. As we prepare to enter another new year how has 2021 gone for you? Maybe it’s dragged or maybe it’s flown by or maybe a combination of both? Here’s the thing, the key word I

It was a year ago I announced to our church we would be suspending our gatherings for at least the next 3 weeks! Yes you heard right, what we all felt would be a blip, a bump in the road has instead been a year that’s shaped and changed the landscape of our world maybe

I wonder how many of us over this past year have thought, felt or even said out loud, ‘I want to give up?’. I read a blog this week that suggested 7 out of 10 pastors have thought of giving up this past year!! Have we given up hope, have we given up dreams, have

At the start of lockdown my wife (medically trained) helpfully and “lovingly” commented, “your posture is terrible!”. She noted I was sat in front of a screen for hours on end, day after day, slouched on a dining room chair, back arched forwards..not a great posture! So she bought me a harness to strap my

It was President Harry Truman who famously said, “not all readers are leaders but all leaders are readers.” I love reading, I try to read 3-4 books per month which admittedly is well short of President Roosevelt’s 3-4 books a day (!) but maybe you’d say, “I’m not a reader?” Whether it’s one book a