I am a British pastor living and working in Austria. I pastor a church in Bad Ischl, the Salzkammergut, and lead Austrian Baptist Aid's Youth and Children Work (KJW). I am also an MRes student at the University of Wales Trinity St David researching Karl Barth's early theology. More about me
Here is where I publish random scribblings about academic theology, church & youth work, and pastoral theology around issues of mental and emotional health. It is also where I track what I am reading (by far the most frequently updated page on the website).
It was with much anticipation that I this week began to read John Swinton’s Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges. I have long appreciated Swinton’s work and have been looking forward to him turning his creative and pastoral mind to the issue of mental health challenges.
Continue reading →On 10th January 2019, I was pleased to be able to give a paper at the Theology Live conference in Bloomsbury Baptist Church 2019. My paper focused on the theological virtue of patience in church life and drew on experiences from the Austrian Baptist Union.
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