What I’m about to say, I say as a church leader, but also as someone who doesn’t come to this subject from a distance.

My own particular flavour of neuro-spicy is something of an ADHD/ASD cocktail — served without a little umbrella — which means my brain can sometimes feel like it has seventeen tabs open, three of them playing music, one frozen, and none labelled. I’m also the father of an autistic teenager, so this isn’t theological theory for me. It’s personal. It’s pastoral. It lives in my home and my ministry.

Welcome to Grace & Grit — a blog about following Jesus in real life.

And by real life, I don’t mean the polished version where everyone appears to have had a quiet time, drunk enough water, forgiven their enemies, answered their emails, and become emotionally stable before 8am. I mean actual life. The sort where you love Jesus, but you’re also tired, distracted, occasionally grumpy, and sometimes one badly timed comment away from needing to go for a walk and have a word with yourself.

The plan is simple: a new post every Monday at 12pm.