For the last few months, it seems as if the world has been turned upside down by a Bro Club… READ MORE
In a time when churches are navigating cultural shifts, financial pressures, and evolving expectations of leadership, bivocational pastoral ministry is… READ MORE
My favourite ever church musician was Barry the saxophonist. Everybody loved Barry but not everybody loved Barry’s saxophone playing, especially… READ MORE
The church is a place where people across the world have found faith in Christ, hope, love, meaning, purpose and… READ MORE
On a recent trip to Sydney, I found myself standing outside the convention centre in Darling Harbour having a strong… READ MORE
The Slow Decline Of Theological Colleges It has been a tough time in recent years for theological training institutions. The… READ MORE
The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.… READ MORE
“Many of us [in the church] are like porcupines trying to huddle together on a bitter cold night to keep… READ MORE
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau. READ MORE
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” G.K. Chesterton. READ MORE
“When the work of shepherding leads us to pride, judgment, superiority, or deception, we have forgotten that we are a lamb. A shepherd who is not first a lamb is a dangerous shepherd and has ceased to follow the Good Shepherd. Our primary identity in life, if we are to be eternal value to the Father, is not that of a shepherd but that of a lamb.”
Diane Langberg – Redeeming Power – Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
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