the waiting country

In a piece on why he puts an emphasis on Christians and churches aiming to reach cities with the gospel, Tim Keller says something about th...

You might want to check out the samples of these couple of books on preaching - and maybe even then buy the books. William Willimon - Undone...

This is a really helpful article by Brandon O'Brien, reflecting on the ministry of Walter Wangerin.

I liked the sound of this book and I really like Mike Rohde's graphic work, so it's on order with Amazon. Here's a clip of the ...

Inspired by an album I saw on spotify, I decided to put together a playlist of my favourite extended versions of old 80s hits. So, without a...

Some bands are best remembered this way - all the joy of their singles crammed onto one disk. This collection by The Pretenders is so full...

Punk and post-punk was never my bag especially, so The Clash were never on my list, although I did quite like the title-track of this album...

(Disclaimer: this has nothing to do with people on the other side of the English Channel) Some great advice from Gina Trapani on handling p...

I don't think I've ever mentioned food on here before, but I love cooking (not that I do that much of it) and I love cookbooks (not ...

It was a delightful surprise to discover that Mary Oliver has written a further volume of poems and that the good folks at Amazon were will...

I imagine this midnight moment's forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock's loneliness And this blank page where my fingers ...

OK, so you got the free Kindle app on your PC. Trouble is, you read something that you find helpful and want to clip it for future referenc...

This list could (and might yet) have more than one album by Bruce Springsteen on it. In many ways, The Rising might be a fairly surprising...

Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poore: With the...

It's a great album ; well-written, well-sung, well-played. Beautiful. You can check-out the lyrics here . it's a sweet, sweet thing ...

Just re-read an article from The Guardian , published last year, on the above subject. If you've read any of her novels, or have an inte...

are probably legion - but here are 3 that seem to offer real help (judging by sample chapters via kindle) Kevin DeYoung - Just Do Something ...

This piece in the Guardian caught my eye - makes for interesting reading. Whilst pondering the issues it raises, I couldn't but think t...

There's a very rewarding, challenging piece over at LeadershipJournal.net by Mark Labberton. In his search for stability in his Christi...

I was thinking the other day about preaching - about the need to preach full-orbed sermons that don't moralise, even whilst they instruc...