By David Williamson. Mail carriers (we used to say “mailmen”) are not considered a very high status occupation, especially if you are a walking carrier and subject to barking – even biting – dogs, mail boxes that are difficult to access, and the occasional complaining or angry recipient. Yet I have been surprised and impressed at the educational level of…
By Rachel Smith, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Hotly tipped to win a BAFTA this week is the psychological drama, The Lost Daughter. It tells the story of Leda, a middle-aged divorcee on a solo holiday to Greece. When a local girl goes missing, Leda becomes intrigued with the lost child and her mother. Their relationship reminds Leda…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. The vision of the Economic Wisdom Project is summarized in twelve “elements” that provide starting points for thoughtful, biblically informed understanding of contemporary opportunities and challenges. For a handy guide to the twelve elements, download this one-page summary, taken from our EWP vision paper “A Christian Vision for Flourishing Communities”: Below is an excerpt from the paper “Twelve Elements of Economic…
By Darren Lim, reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7 This week I was reminded through conversations with several people at work that loneliness…
Reprinted from The Wholeness Journey, via CityGate. This is the first in a series. The Big Quit… it has dominated the media over the last number of months. It first became noticeable in April, May, and June of 2021 when 11.5 million people quit their jobs in total over those three months. The latest bureau of labor statistics show 4.3 million…
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. Nathalie is a young business owner, entrepreneur, and mother of a toddler, expecting her second child. She was taught to sew by nuns in a Kenyan orphanage and now designs and makes beautiful clothes that combine African colors with French and American styles. During Nathalie’s early childhood, war raged in the Democratic…
Reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. Psalm 1391 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. If you are like me, you must be exhausted and frustrated by the partisan divides in today’s world – divisions that have fractured the Christian church every bit as much as the society around us. We are in serious and deepening crisis. How will we ever come back together? Sometimes we can worship together and pray side-by-side. Sometimes we…
By David Williamson. At the communion or eucharist table, when and where does God enter the scene? An Anglican theologian/apologist raised this question as he considered the elements on the Lord’s Table. When we consider what the physical elements of communion actually are, it is an important question for thinking about faith and work. The bread that is broken and…
By Nathan Mladin, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. At LICC, we’re passionate about seeing everyday followers of Jesus make a difference right where they already are. Monday to Saturday, we’re the scattered church in whole-life Christian service on countless frontlines. “Shaping culture” to look more like Christ’s kingdom is why we’re here. But what is the process of seeing our culture…
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