the waiting country

Do you get your joy from the right things? Jesus’ disciples rejoiced that he was absent from them . Look at Luke 24:52 - after he was taken...

He stretched out His hands on the cross, that He might embrace the ends of the world; for this Golgotha is the very centre of the earth. (Cy...

I recently read CS Lewis’ book, Letters to Malcolm (Chiefly on Prayer) . I’d highly recommend it. It’s a series of letters to a friend (I pr...

Keller on Augustine on Prayer

Are Christians prone to over-compensate for cultural “losses”? Are we (Christian leaders) sometimes over-reacting to current cultural issues...

Why You Hate Work Employees are vastly more satisfied and productive, it turns out, when four of their core needs are met: physical, throug...

Ben Witherington: Was Lazarus the Beloved Disciple? Outlandish suggestion? Maybe; maybe not. Worth a read I’d say.

It strikes me that it’s worth asking whether the following claim can also be applied to our own cultural context: …the greatest missiologi...

Commenting on Jesus’ lack of interaction with Herod and his ways, Eugene Peterson notes that, Jesus ignored the world of power and accompl...

It’s only been a day and a night but I thought it might be worthwhile jotting a few thoughts down on some of the things I’ve noticed and can...

In Mark 11:25, Jesus says that if you are praying, and you realise that you have something against someone, you must forgive him or her rig...

Presentation Zen: 10 Tips on how to think like a designer This would make a great alternative discussion-starter about preaching/ministry at...

Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be … Paper | Science | WIRED Why do traditional paper books remain so popular, especially fo...

But…if that other world is once admitted, how can it, except by sensual or bustling pre-occupations, be kept in the background of our minds...

Seth Godin has written a stirring piece, The short game, the long game and the infinite game . It’s worth a read and then thinking about how...

Some people’s experience of Jesus is very striking. A woman by a well is told everything about her life by a stranger who is Jesus. On accou...

Some days you come across interesting articles from pretty disparate sources that cover similar ground but from different starting points. H...

…we are greatly indebted to [the Freudians]. The did expose the cowardly evasions of really useful self-knowledge which we had all been pra...

Eugene Peterson has this to say about Abraham’s life of faith that led into the test/call to sacrifice his son. They are among the most sear...

CS Lewis on 3 dangers when agreeing that religion is not just a department of life: the truth that religion as a department has really no...