Part 1 Part 2 Bible publishers churn out Bible products, which are marketed to people of every age and stage, from businessmen to Busy Moms. There’s the Bride’s Bible and the MANual. There’s the Firefighter’s Bible and there’s the Coastguardsman’s Bible — part of the Heroes Series, specially designed for each branch […]
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While Christian Union meetings in my high school made me grow in my personal Christian life, they did not achieve much in assisting me to relate my Christian life to the so called “worldly or secular” matters which mattered a lot to me, because a big chasm existed between them. […]
Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men documents the rise of a much greater proportion of women in the workforce following the downturn in traditionally male jobs such as construction due to the US recession. I haven’t read it yet but there are some things in there worth having a discussion about. In […]
At a deputation event yesterday, a lovely and very supportive older woman asked me, ‘What does your husband do?’ At first I was confused. ‘We’re both going to Tanzania,’ I said. Then I worked out, she was asking because she’s assuming that Arthur’s the ‘missionary’ and I’m ‘the wife’. That’s […]
Part 1 If Quiet Time — ‘personal Bible reading’ — is working for you, that’s fabulous. Don’t give it up. If it’s a constant struggle, there might be a bunch of reasons for that. But there comes a point when you can’t just pin it all on laziness. It might […]
I’ve written before about the three waves of feminism. But is there a fourth? To recap (and simplify): First wave – women advocating for the vote (turn of the 20th century) Second wave – ‘women’s liberation’ movement, including equal pay in the workplace and sexual independence (60s and 70s) Third […]
Meet Jesus at uni 