the waiting country

What Peter announces...is a conversion of the imagination: personal reconstruction within a new web of relationships, resocialisation within...

When strong is wrong: why men need men We can have an idea that, for a man, being strong means being able to cope – on our own . To be able ...

Living the Gospel: The Letter to the Philippians Study 5 – Philippians 1:27-30 Verses 27,28 1. The phrase 'conduct yourselves' means...

Living the Gospel: The Letter to the Philippians Study 4 – Philippians 1:18b-26 Verses 18b-20 1. Paul has rejoiced in the gospel being procl...

Living the Gospel: The Letter to the Philippians Study 3 – Philippians 1:12-18 Verses 12-14 1. How can Paul say that what has happened to hi...

Living the Gospel: The Letter to the Philippians Study 2 – Philippians 1:7-11 Verses 7,8 Paul clearly feels a deep affection for the Philipp...

Study 1 – Philippians 1:1-6 Verses 1,2 1. How would you describe your relationship with the Lord? What words come to mind? 2. Paul here desc...

...politics are reflective, not directive. That is, the political arena is the place where policies are made that reflect the values of our...

The gospel is not about self-help, it's not a product for our internal aches and our cultural emptiness; the gospel is God's summons...

You have the potential to fall-out with your nephew, who you've been caring for as your own son since his father (your brother) died. Ho...

I mentioned in an earlier post that the new year is a good opportunity to dust-down a different Bible translation for reading through the ye...

In the past week or so I've gradually switched from using Firefox as my default web browser onto Google Chrome. I didn't really have...

In a piece entitled  Five Lessons from 2010 Worth Repeating — Without Repeating 2010 , Rosabeth Moss Kanter makes the following point about ...

imho, of course hear it here .

OK, I started to read it in 2010 so maybe I can't quite claim to have read it in 2011...but this is a great read - for pastors, elders a...

New Year's Day is a good time for new things - like a new (different) Bible reading scheme and a new (different) Bible translation in wh...

There were fourteen generations recorded from Abraham to David, fourteen more from David to the exile and another fourteen from the exile to...

I've often found Matt Perman 's blog to be a thoughtful resource. This piece is no different - I especially appreciated his comment...

Gill Corkindale writes that, in the past year, she hasn't needed to " explain how globalization drives change and that leaders mus...

I found this article over at HBR an interesting and helpful read, with insights for both leadership and pastoral care/spiritual formation.