I literally was turning down invitations to go to speak at the biggest conferences in the world in order to stay home and change nappies.
“I sometimes said it’s the kindest hijacking of my life because I now have such a deep relationship not just with Sammy but with our sons because I guess it would have been easy to have got side-tracked into that weird world of standing on platforms and attending conferences and things, and thinking that it is in any way reality.
“I definitely work too hard at times. There are times when I’m full-on. But there are other times where I’m completely off. So, for example every year in August I do nothing, and I do not apologize for it. You know, I’m not on social media. I might lead one service and speak at one service in our home church.
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