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The Minister as Entrepreneur - 6 Definitions of the entrepreneur
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 6 Definitions of the entrepreneur
by SPCK - Michael Volland
Definitions of the entrepreneur In the Introduction to this book I proposed my own definition of the entrepreneur. I shall open this chapter by spending a little more time with that definition before moving on to consider an alternative definition suggested by Bill Bolton and Joh…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection and Ethics In each of the four previous essays Paul placed his theological teachings in the centre of the essay and positioned the ethical problem under discussion on the outside, around that centre. For example, in the first essay the ethical problem was the Corinth…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 3 Introduction
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 3 Introduction
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
Introduction Some twenty-five years ago, when I was finishing up my seminary training and wondering what had happened to my prayer life, one of my mentors, Dr. V. Nelle Bellamy, returned from a trip to England with a gift book for me. Titled Celtic Prayers and embellished with il…
The Edge of Glory - 5 ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS
The Edge of Glory - 5 ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS
by SPCK - David Adam
ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS For God’s Safe Keeping May the strength of God pilot us. May the power of God preserve us. May the wisdom of God instruct us. May the hand of God protect us. May the way of God direct us. May the shield of God defend us. May the host of God defend …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet My background is in geology, though I have been a science journalist for three decades. As far as religion is concerned, my position might be best summarized by the answer the late Arthur C. Clarke …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Responses to questions Q: You touched briefly on over-population in the world. China has imposed a one child policy for years, without which they would be in serious trouble now. Is this something that should be considered elsewhere?…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 9 Postscript: The climate change debate continues
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 9 Postscript: The climate change debate continues
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Postscript: The climate change debate continues A few months after the end of this series of Ebor Lectures on climate change, the world gathered in Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP 15 as it was known. Along with climate pressure groups, high-…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Local and global initiatives But like all apocalyptic visions, painting this picture, which depicts a real threat, undermines the need to create a different future. There are new technologies that can help to make that different future possible. Denmark already gets 20 per cent o…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7c Reading the signs of the times
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7c Reading the signs of the times
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Reading the signs of the times The spirited manner in which Northcott writes exemplifies the vocation of a public theologian as a connected critic. There is a pressing imperative to discern the signs of the times. The occasional nature of a public theology requires this capacity,…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 16 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 16 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 16 Isaiah 51.1–6 Romans 12.1–8 Matthew 16.13–20 There seems to be a bit of a break in the argument at this point in Romans. Chapters 9––11 are Paul’s attempt to give some kind of coherent shape to God’s activity in choosing fir…
Imagining the Lectionary: berry-bright promises (Advent 4A)