the waiting country

An album that grows out of an increasingly haunted sense of life's transitory nature and the sadness of 9/11 - it doesn't at first b...

Well, the app that is, not the device (I'm sure I'd be fond of the device, too, so if you were thinking to send one my way, don'...

The recent unveiling of the iPad has led to some interesting discussions about the future of publishing, especially for the news media. But...

I'm so thankful for both the example and the content of this talk. It's a humbling listen; it's also thrilling. HT: John Dyer . ...

The singing is lovely, the lyrics (by Roma Ryan) are beautifully crafted. Deep waters, indeed. My favourite track from her Watermark album...

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything. Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his ...

The point is to keep him feeling that he has something , other than the Enemy and courage the Enemy supplies, to fall back on , so that what...

would have been Dad's 90th birthday. In gladdest memory of him, here's a shot of Dad, Patrick & me at the RAF Valley airshow bac...

(Screwtape urges his nephew to do his best to keep his human patient alive, because time is a great ally to their work...) The long, dull, m...

The humans live in time, and experience reality successively. To experience much of it, therefore, they must experience many different thing...

It's quite striking how often in close prximity in Matthew's gospel Jesus impresses on his followers, and especially the 12, the abs...

What we want, if men become Christians at all, is to keep them in the state of mind I call 'Christianity And'...If they must be Chri...

Worth a gander.

Ideally suited for late night chilling, David Sylvian 's album Dead Bees On A Cake is really worth a listen. Not my usual cup of tea - ...

In Matthew 18 , Jesus speaks of the need for humility (vv.1-5), the need to protect the vulnerable (vv.6-9) and the need to seek, to restore...

In John 14:2 Jesus tells his disciples that there are many dwelling places in his Father's house. It's usually taken to be a refere...

When was Abraham declared righteous (i.e. justified) by God? In Romans 4:3, Paul refers to Genesis 15:6 as God's justifying of Abram, on...

A very helpful piece by Colin Hansen on the importance of pastors knowing those to whom they preach and amongst whom they minister. It doe...