Today I got to meet with Simon, the Director of Swindon YFC. Simon has just returned from sabbatical where he has been thinking about faith and young people.

It was great to be able to hear Simon’s thoughts and how God has refreshed his vision.

His only complaint … that the sabbatical was too short.

I came away tinking how incredibly key it is to take time to reflect on our practice on a regular basis, to visit other people to see what their practice is like, to speak with others to ask why they practice in the way that they do.

We may not all be in a position to be able to take a long sabbatical, but there must be ways we can build in regular times of reflection and personal questioning – if we don’t we risk just carrying on without thinking about why.