First week out: the diary of a new missionary family

LeadershipRise was the title on the glossy brochure that I pulled out of the letterbox recently. Aside from my curiosity as to why every second seminar these days has to have the word ‘rise’ in it somewhere, my real question was: How come we’ve got this avalanche of leadership-related books and seminars? One more leaflet in the letterbox and I think I will be well and truly buried.

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Leadership: Avoiding the pitfalls: Worldly woes for Christian leaders

Pastoral Ministry

Matthew Malcolm | 1 July, 2003

There are certain ways of ‘making it’ as a leader in Christian circles. There are certain, almost expected, ways for church leaders to attain a desirable level of respect and honour.

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Leadership Review: Avoiding the pitfalls_Professing without being professional

Andrew Reid | 1 July, 2003

Drugs in the classroom

Review

Michael Jensen | 1 July, 2003

“Genesis 1:12, sir. ‘God made every seed-bearing plant’.”

The adolescent theologian smirked in triumph. I had to admit he had a point. Didn’t God make all things, including drugs? Weren’t they to be received with thanksgiving? And yet, of course, the suffering caused by drugs is immense, both in terms of numbers of lives affected and within individuals and their families. As one student of mine wrote about the choice to take drugs:

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