Trevor Neill

Trevor, how long have you been writing and how did you get started?

My dad was an English teacher and I grew up in a home where words and books were important, so I’ve always enjoyed putting pen to paper. Several years ago, I experimented with blogging as a way of working through ideas and then, on sabbatical in 2017, I took things one stage further with this first book...

Introduction
Sermons go to work on us in strange, almost inexpressible, ways. Sometimes, what we recall years after the event are not specific words or illustrations, or even the identity of the speaker. Instead, what lingers is an impression made upon us, a feeling of conviction or excitement which remains even if the detail of what was said has not stayed in our long-term memory...

While there has been an explosion in church social action projects, our worship and preaching continue to focus on a narrower, more individualistic understanding of …

Are there gaps between what our churches believe and what we do?
Has our theology failed to keep pace with our practice?
Tackles contradictions between belief and practice
Based on a church leader’s day-to-day experiences