Single-minded and unhappy? Duke discusses…

Bible Fresh; 6XT’s and the 30th March at the LICC

Ipod fast, not chocolate this Lent?

Tim Kellers Church-planting London lectures all in pdf format

Reasons we’re slack in our bible reading: An EA resource

Consumerism gets us all, but with these testamints you get a whole other league of option!!

A perennial question:- Do pets go to hell!?

Is Twitter, really, a leadership tool?

….. and this genius summary from Dallas Willard:- ” The hope of the world is for Christian people to become disciples of Jesus!”



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How an iPhone app made a life-saving intervention in Haiti!

Wisdom from an older and wiser voice…..

If you could have real virtual church; is this what you’d want it to be?

Death within churches from the top down; Marcus’ great article and challenging questions,….. worth your time.

Incandescence: and God’s call in our lives!

How about sermon length…? What about it!

What church leaders might learn from the Apple genius: Steve Jobs?!

The Happiness Machine, c/o Coca Cola!

and what would pastoral care be like if Jack Baeur was your pastor!! ;-)

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Sorrow, anger and the helplessness that Haiti evokes…. More here…

God bless this…. laptop!? a dose of curious prayers for all occasions?!

A wonderful six-track acoustic worship-central album for free download….

What do you make of Stephen Baldwin in CBB? Devoted bible stuff anyhow!!

Am enjoying a significant dose of Brothers and Sisters, catch-up dvd viewing with my beloved….Engaging, warm, poignant, complex, brilliant!

Pastoral profiling and all that….? This blog is an interesting write: linking the truth that ‘churches put their pastors on a pedestal and this truth is only worsened when their pastors want to be there!’,…. it’s like a challenge between excellence and grace that I’ve been talking over with some new friends.

Bring on some boredom! Over-stimulation is the enemy of imagination – we should give our children the gift of boredom…. go on smash your Wii’s and those DS games!

Here’s an expresso for your soul!

And….. the weekend always includes Jesus, but this weekend, we get to have Jack back too!! For Day 8 of our lives! Arnt’ we allowed to praise God for Jack Baeur?!

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Gutsy Craig-observations as we anticipate 2010! A review of his ancient-future (brilliant) book is a-coming….!

A typically-moving-&-brilliant write-up about the unavoidable-Copenhagen-convention by Tim: consider him a poetic-soul-tourist here….! May love always win-out-over fear!

A perennial question: resourced and released by church;- Do Christians spend too much time at church? Great article….

George Verwer’s free book – OM’s mission-father-figure, here’s his new book for the download…

Themed leadership lessons outside of the context of Christ:- based around the pattern of the year past……

Seth Godin’s creativity is top-class;- here’s a freebie: words and smart imaging together, which is always a winning combination for me!! ;-)

Here’s a great link to summarised frugal living: cheap and yet ohhh-so-quality!!

And at risk of over-doing it for (free!!) book referrals: Gary Thomas is giving away his new offering, on an immensely important topic of pleasure: seeking to answer the question;- Why do Christians feel so bad about feeling good?!! This freebie’s just around till the 1st of January so get there quick!!

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a few challenging moments about want and greed.

a great 22-words question for now and then!

5 places to start in the bible - where do you like most now?

what God will never do! John 6:37 rocks!!

and another tastey favourite of mine (always) at 2 for £2 right now at JSS

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