the waiting country

My parents and younger sister were coming to visit me during my first term at college. A friend asked if I would be taking them into lunch w...

The perspective of Joseph on his sufferings at the hands of his brothers is quite stunning. When he reveals himself to them they are (to par...

Yves Béhar (he of the Jawbone headset ) makes a very powerful and, as it turns out, biblically-suggestive point in this talk . It opens wit...

Letter To A Stranger Emma Scrivener shares a letter she received. It’s one that all pastors and church members ought to read and reflect on.

a review of Driven to Despair - Perfectionism and Ministry There are several fallacies that attend book-buying and reading. Among them are t...

Brief review of J I Packer's 'Finishing Our Course with Joy'

Residents of Poor Nations Have a Greater Sense of Meaning in Life Than Residents of Wealthy Nations And the reason given is: religion. Altho...

The Holy Spirit’s ministry is to take truths about Jesus and make them clear to our minds and real to our hearts - so real that they console...

Luke tells of Jesus sending out the 72 on mission ( Lk. 10:1ff ). Or maybe he sends out 70 - there are variations in the manuscript evidence...

The era of Facebook is an anomaly If you think about technology and how it interfaces with society and its impact then you’ll find this a fa...

When Israel in the wilderness sent 12 leaders to spy out the promised land, two brought back a favourable report; ten did not. The upshot wa...

The Four Keys to Being a Trusted Leader (John Dame - Harvard Business Review) This is fascinating; it so clearly brings to mind the example...

In the cool of the day, the LORD God walked in the garden and the man and his wife hid in fear from him (Genesis 3:8-10). Sin had spoiled t...

The preacher needs to be pastor, that he may preach to real men. The pastor must be preacher, that he may keep the dignity of his work alive...

The incident of Peter preaching to the Roman centurion, Cornelius, is a prime example of the gospel being received by Gentiles in the book o...

Hey, minister guy - find it hard sometimes, doing what you’re doing? Wish there could be others to help you out? You wouldn’t be the first. ...

Elemental Preaching | Leadership Journal This is a very thoughtful, helpful piece on preaching. Worth a long, slow read.

If you were asked the question, how would you answer? Here’s what Paul wrote to Timothy on the subject: 1 Timothy command certain people no...

Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst i...

Maybe your ambition is to be described in somewhat more glowing terms than ‘a competent minister’. But that’s Paul’s claim for himself and h...