In between the summer showers, I've recently been up on the @EvangelicalsNow '10 Questions' list...
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@jonnypollock.bsky.social
Christ Follower /// Husband /// Father /// Pastor of Calvary Church Loughrea /// Intrested in Missiology & Pioneer Planting /// Co. Galway. #Ireland Substack: https://substack.com/@jonnypollockwrites
In between the summer showers, I've recently been up on the @EvangelicalsNow '10 Questions' list...
www.e-n.org.uk/features/202...
If you're at the North Coast from the 2nd-8th August, New Horizon will be a great event to attend. If you're around on the 5th, you can come and hear @jsalanwilson and I chat about the journey of a leader...
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New Post: Evangelicals donβt have popes, but at times it appears that we sure want them.
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My new article today on baking communion bread and pastoral ministry...
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Running in summer is half energy expended by running, and half by fighting fliesβ¦
16.07.2025 09:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Perhaps we assume too much when we talk about our faith. Yet, getting back to basics is probably the best remedy to this!
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My little book will be out in less than two months! It is a very basic introduction to prayer, and perfect for new believersβ¦
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How can we develop the next generation of pastors and church planters?
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I'm always frustrated that great resources get released just after I've preached on that particular book! π
08.07.2025 11:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My Sermon Song this week ties to my talk in Luke 7:36-50β¦ and is from one of my favourite bands singing one of my favourite hymnsβ¦
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My Sermon Song each week is a song that I think ties to the theme of my passage for Sundayβ¦
Been writing this for about 3 months, but it's been on my heart for many years... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/are-we-dis...
01.07.2025 17:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm reading for my sermon this week in Luke 7:36-50. With the advent of selfies and filters in 2010, we can hide and amend how we look to supplement how we feel. However, this often has the opposite effect. Worship of Jesus is a rediscovery of peace with our authentic self...
01.07.2025 09:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is a LONG one, but something Iβve been working on for a couple of months nowβ¦ itβll be available tomorrowβ¦
30.06.2025 23:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Editing a waaaaaaaaay too long article for next week on how we can disciple the joy out of Christiansβ¦ somehow in editing it Iβm making it longerβ¦ π€¦π»ββοΈ
26.06.2025 16:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our culture masks fear, loneliness and insecurity behind rage and outrage. I see it all around, and it breaks my heart because weβve built up so many walls to prevent the healing that we need in community.
24.06.2025 16:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Discipleship and the pathway to sustainability and repeatability...
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This is an important read from @stevekneale.buildingjerusalem.blog
20.06.2025 10:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is a topic that I wrote about years ago, and since then in conversation it has come up over and over (and over!) againβ¦
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Sermon Songs this week on my preaching passage of Luke 5. I know this song is related to Matthews Gospel, but thereβs something about Jesus teaching in parables that this song speaks to. A wonderful song from Poor Bishop Hooperβ¦
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Are we overlooking the value of ordinary acts of faithfulness in small church ministry? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/pastor-don...
10.06.2025 12:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you are in small church ministry, and you would like to read an Irish guy completely misunderstand the sport of baseball, this article might just be for you!
09.06.2025 11:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This September I'll be releasing a book! It's a little introduction to prayer for people who have newly come to faith. I had the blessing of someone taking time to show me how to pray when I first became a Christian. I hope it'll be a help! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FBSF8BD3
06.06.2025 19:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Songs for sermons today is for this Sundayβs passage in Luke 5:1-32β¦ not sure why but Iβve been listening back through Josh Garrells, and thinking about being outsiders whoβve been brought in by the grace of Jesusβ¦ have a listen to this amazing songβ¦ youtu.be/EWBGcNb9F5c?...
06.06.2025 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back to the movies for my next article this coming week; Moneyball and Small Church Ministry...
05.06.2025 14:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How to we get beyond superficial community in our churches? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/moving-bey...
03.06.2025 14:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes the sharing of βprayer pointsβ can be code for a kind of sanctified gossip...
31.05.2025 10:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is feeling isolated a common experience for people in ministry?
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Been mulling over this article for a while...
26.05.2025 15:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for this @stevekneale.buildingjerusalem.blog - I've been sketching things down for a while on how 'Pastor' has come to mean something wildly ambiguous these days, and crushingly vague. This has been a help!
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