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Jude Smith
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Business models: great for business but not always good for the church
Business principles can bring us good practice in terms of role descriptions and opportunities for review and encouragement, but they fall short when we are working with people who are giving up their time with no reward other than the great well done of faithful servants.
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Women priests 25 years on: How are we flourishing?
The issue, it seems to me, often occurs with those who have not taken a theological stand, but simply reflect the sexism of the age.
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As knife crime soars, who's got young people's backs?
Our communities too often feature those wayside shrines to those who have had their lives ended early in what feels like an unstoppable cycle of violence.
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What would John the Baptist say about Brexit?
John spoke from a place where God's people had historically found themselves lost and wandering.
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For the sake of the poor, is it time for the Church of England to get out of the marriage business?
I want to argue that if we were really interested in being biblical we would get out of the legalities.
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The work of the people: What the Ryder Cup is teaching me about leading a church
Sheer Europhilism aside, I have been struck by the way the last three days of golf have stirred my soul.
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It's not just the money: Five long-term threats to church as we know It
If we grasp the issues now we could become lived-out prophetic challenges to some of the worst extremes of our culture.
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What the hill climbs of the Tour de France tell us about discipleship
The Tour is a race for the fit and the fierce. People have died going up and coming down, injuries are frequent and at the end, the prize is a place in sporting history.
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World Cup fever: Is it right to pray for England?
A lot of people are asking me to pray for England. When I mentioned this in a Christian context people looked aghast.
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Running out of gas: lessons from an unlikely crisis
While the abundance of C02 is damaging our global atmosphere, the lack of it in bottle form is arguably damaging the atmosphere in our hot and football-thirsty land.
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Walking the Way: 5 things a long-distance trail tells me about following Jesus
For the uninitiated, the Pennine Way is the UK's original long-distance path. It is 53 years old and runs 268 miles.
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What shall we do with our extra wages? 5 ways to ease the stress epidemic
I would love to be able to claim that the church is immune, but we too have become caught up in working harder and less sustainably. We too have become worried by debt. We too find our fragile egos massacred by other church's highlights on social media.
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Will someone tell when I'm being awful? Why we all need challenging friends
Again and again in the last few years we have seen situations come to light where influential people, in politics, the arts and the church, have behaved badly.
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Holy Week in my world: Why the darkness is needed before the dawn
Running in the background for many Anglican clergy and lay people this week is the damning evidence against our institution that was presented at IICSA last week.
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Stephen Hawking and learning to be wrong: Why it is good to change our minds
We have much to learn, and good learning comes through getting things wrong.
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