I Interrupt Your Usual Programming...

Hello friends!

This will be a fairly brief post.
I know, I know. Promises, promises!

I really just wanted to let you know that over the next few months, things will be a little different around here. This is the result of two different but exciting happenings.

Firstly, next week I’m heading away to the UK for about 6 weeks. Most of this time will be spent in Cambridge working on the manuscript of my commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians (for the new Hodder Bible Commentary series).

I am someone who loves writing. But I am also someone who finds it difficult to carve out extended and uninterrupted periods of time to focus on my writing. So, going away on a dedicated writing sabbatical works well for me. And, look, if someone has to go to Cambridge on a writing retreat then I guess I will volunteer as tribute.

Getting into the Thessalonians zone for a month will require me to restrain the impulse to get into a bunch of different zones at the same time. And so, a heads up: I don’t expect to be publishing any of my usual posts on here while I’m away.

But never fear… I’m not abandoning you entirely!

You see, the other exciting happening is that, in a few months time, my new book, Single Ever After launches. Bring on September 1^st!

Now, any old person can head across to the book’s webpage, view the table of contents, read the endorsements and even download the introduction and first chapter.

But not just any old person can get a glimpse into my motivations and hopes for each chapter, as well as a couple of behind-the-scenes bonuses along the way.

That’s reserved just for you guys 😊

Starting in July, I’ll be kicking off a weekly companion series titled, Single Ever After: Chapter by Chapter. Each post will contain a brief excerpt from that chapter and some of my thoughts about its significance.

My hope is that this companion series will give you a glimpse into why I wrote Single Ever After and how I’m praying God might choose to use it to bear fruit for his kingdom amongst singles, marrieds and pastors alike. And so, I’d love it if you might:

• Read the series

• Engage with the series (there will be a few suggestions of how you can do that at the end of each post)

• Share the series with others

Ok folks. I’ll leave it there.

After all, I need to concentrate on what I should pack for 6 weeks of UK “summer” 😉