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Plans and prayers

November 21, 2023 by Rusdyan Cocks

‘Just take things one day at a time’. It’s a helpful piece of advice, but inevitably our focus does shift beyond the next 24 hours to those things further ahead on the horizon – the next week, the next month, the next year, and beyond. Of course, it’s…

Celebrating 25 years of EQUIP: Interview with Isobel Lin

November 13, 2023 by Isobel Lin

ACR: Watching EQUIP women this year, I was struck by the centrality of God’s word in everything that happened. Your first EQUIP conference was back in 1999; what led you and others to start this ministry 25 years ago? Back in 1999, there wasn’t…

Getting the time right

November 7, 2023 by Annabel Nixey

It’s awful when you get the time wrong. Missing a meeting, a party, a flight. I’ve done all those things at various points and it’s not a nice feeling! It’s important to get the time right. There’s no point applying for a position which…

Halloween Interview – Ian Carmichael

October 20, 2023 by Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael is a publishing consultant for Matthias Media and author of the publishing company’s first Halloween-themed tract. The ACR caught up with Ian to hear about some of the opportunities we can take advantage of at this time of year.…

My Greatest Recommendation for Kids – Best News Ever

October 17, 2023 by Jocelyn Loane

Recently, a friend was telling me about a poll they conducted among the parents at their church. One question asked about whether the parents read the Bible regularly with their kids at home. They were surprised to find that only about ten percent…

Safety obsession

October 13, 2023 by Talar Khatchoyan

‘Caution: slippery when wet’ Our society is risk-averse. With our endless road signs, laws and regulations, we’ve cultivated a society that champions safety and prioritises the elimination of risk. Our Western world is safety…

‘Your truth’ and the true story: How the gospel of Christ transforms our decision-making

October 9, 2023 by Lionel Windsor

“Whatever the cause, my memory is my memory, it does what it does, gathers and curates as it sees fit, and there’s just as much truth in what I remember and how I remember it as there is in so-called objective facts. Things like chronology and cause-and-effect…