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Your comments and questions
Time to pause from the regular rhythm of Payneful episodes, and discuss some of the many excellent questions and comments that you keep sending in.
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5 years, 5 months ago
What is the preacher doing?
I’ve been chatting with the trainees at CBS about preaching recently, and have come up with a slightly different way to describe the preaching task. …
5 years, 6 months ago
Making God bigger
This is the second in a little three-part series thinking about different aspects of our church meetings—now that many of us are back and almost appr…
5 years, 6 months ago
Back to church … with better meetings
After nearly a year of somewhat dissatisfying, best-we-could-do substitutes, we’re getting back to the real churchiness of church, at least in my par…
5 years, 6 months ago
The word of God is not restricted
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard or used the word ‘restriction’ so many times in a calendar year.
What are the latest restrictions?
When are restrictions…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ministry or ethics?
Perhaps I’m perverse, but I really quite enjoy the first week back at work after holidays.
I don’t have super high expectations of myself. I know it …
5 years, 7 months ago
Spiritual golf lessons #3: Forget the last shot
Here’s the third and final little piece in our summer holiday series of spiritual golf lessons.
Picture the scene.
I’ve smashed a soaring 230m drive …
5 years, 7 months ago
Spiritual golf lessons #2: Trust your swing
This is the second in a little series of holiday reflections about golf and the Christian life. Feel free to share them with your friends.
When Fijian…
5 years, 7 months ago
Spiritual golf lessons #1: The fundamentals
For some light-hearted but encouraging holiday reading, here is the first in a series of three short lessons from the most frustrating, challenging a…
5 years, 7 months ago
Slouching towards Bethlehem
A final festive Payneful reflection at the end of a disconcerting year. (See below for what to expect over the Christmas holidays.)
Just when we thoug…
5 years, 8 months ago