The pastor and the evangelical priority list
- Simon Flinders •
- 1 July 2010
God first, then wife, then children and then your church: that's how a pastor should structure his priorities, right? Simon Flinders explains why he disagrees.I've often heard people say that the pastor's ‘first congregation’ should be his family. That's a catchy way of articulating the kind of priority list they
A layperson’s guide to giving up your life
- 1 July 2010
What does it mean to do ministry but not be in ministry? How can you stay focused on ministry as a goal when it's not your full-time profession? Karen Beilharz tells her story, and how she came to answer some of these questions. Have you ever felt like you're headed
On target
- Tony Payne •
- 1 September 2010
I still remember the first time I heard Phillip Jensen preach. It was in February 1981, and I was a fresh-faced, charismatically-inclined young Christian, just down from the country, eager to learn and grow, and ready to take on the world.At St Matthias that night I heard preaching like I
The dangers of oversharing
- Claire Smith •
- 1 September 2010
The Bible says rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. But does that mean that when you suffer, you should make others suffer too? Claire Smith investigates.When Emma Thornett from Matthias Media asked me if I could write an article on not letting our emotions rule
Does God feel our pain?
- Mark Baddeley •
- 1 September 2010
Does God feel your pain? For many of us the question is a bit odd, like asking ‘Is God good?’ or ‘Does God love?’ We turn to John 11 and its description of Jesus being moved at Mary’s weeping, and his own weeping at the site of Lazarus’ grave. It
Thinking about emotions
- Tony Payne •
- 1 September 2010
I’ve been thinking a lot about emotions recently. This, of course, may be precisely my problem. I shouldn’t be thinking about emotions; I should just be feeling them. At least that’s what people tell me. Emotions, I am assured, are an important part of who we are as humans
Integrating newcomers into the life of your congregation
- 1 September 2010
Most people would agree that if you don’t identify, connect and care for newcomers they are likely to either never return, or to stay on the fringe and eventually drift away feeling disconnected, unwelcomed and perhaps disillusioned. Everyone would agree that this is not the outcome the community of Christ
Getting Real (Melinda Tankard Reist)
- 1 October 2010
Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls Edited by Melinda Tankard Reist Spinifex Press, North Melbourne, 2009, 208pp. A few years ago, at my school swimming carnival,1 I went to put on my swim-suit. I don't know about you, but when I think ‘swimming carnival
Diary of a ministry apprentice (Part 5): August to almost-the-end-of 2008
- Guan Un •
- 1 October 2010
Here is the fifth instalment of Guan’s six-part series, covering his time doing ministry training (MTS) at the University of New South Wales in 2008. He is married to M.1 By now, it is the latter half of the year. We last left Guan at the end of Mid-Year Conference
Surviving a sexualized culture: Melinda Tankard Reist talks to Peter Hastie
- Peter Hastie •
- 18 October 2010
Melinda Tankard Reist is a Canberra author, speaker, commentator and advocate with a special interest in issues affecting women and girls.She is the author of Giving Sorrow Words: Women's Stories of Grief After Abortion (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2000), Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics (Spinifex Press, 2006) and the
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