Beyond remorse
13
Feb
During the holidays I read Julian Barnes’ Booker prize winning novel The sense of an ending. It’s a good read.
Author Archives: Frank
A Christ-like Indifference?
28
Aug
This is about dealing with the things you haven’t got done. Is there an appropriate sense of not caring, or perhaps seeing things from a ‘higher’ plane?
On the edge of the sacred
22
Jul
This semester I’m teaching about Church: and the search for authentic community. Part of that is about the nature of ministry. I have to wrestle with this myself, constantly. What does it really mean to engage as a representative of … Read More »
The gift of today: living with hope
22
Jun
Today I read this delightful paragraph which expresses exactly how I want to live.
Beyond religion: church!
2
Jun
I am so excited by Diana Butler Bass’ book Christianity for the rest of us: how the neighbourhood church is transforming the faith.
The Bible in the jungle: Ingrid Betancourt’s testimony
30
May
I’ve just finished reading Ingrid Betancourt’s fabulous account of her six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, Even silence has an end. (Virago, 2010)
Health and salvation: we’re in this together
30
Mar
World Health Day is April 7th. The Baptist World Alliance has released this helpful and challenging paper, Committing to being centers of health. It would be good to consider what it means for local work-places, streets and communities, and for … Read More »
Wisdom from a great old man
29
Mar
I’ve been reading two books by Harvey Cox, a wise old man who taught theology at Harvard. These books reveal the great man as well as much else of value.
After the tsunami (4)
17
Mar
It’s now almost 18 months since the tsunami on Samoa which changed my life forever. In these last weeks, as an earthquake devasted Christchurch and now an even bigger earthquake and tsunami in Japan, it all keeps rushing back to … Read More »
The pastor as leader
8
Mar
Just a few snippets from some recent thinking about the pastor as leader. Recently a friend shared these thoughts he had found in his journal from some years ago. He had written down these lines from an article in Leadership … Read More »