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What I pray for my kids – with Ruth Baker

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 by Ruth Baker

I have a Christopher Robin and a Tigger. My eldest son is mild, kind and wise. My younger son bounces around and never stops. I thank God for them daily, even when one is being the Minister for Justice and the other is being a crazy stuntman. Among…

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Christian Living

This unity (Ephesians 4:2–3)

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

In the classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the King of Swamp Castle issues an appeal for unity. The King is in the middle of holding a wedding for his son. Sir Lancelot has just turned up, stormed the castle in a mistaken rescue mission,…

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Christian Living

Where I go when faith feels dry

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Ruth Baker

I don’t always see it coming. But some days just creep up on me where I know my faith feels lacking. Not absent—just sucked of its life. Dry, dusty, like Miss Havisham’s dining room. Sometimes it happens when I’ve let life get in the way: work, parenting…

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Christian Living International Ministry

Freedom and faith: Scotland’s lockdown

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 by Matthew Baines

This has been a difficult year for Christians in Scotland, but one in which our convictions have been sharpened, our unity stretched, and the historic constitutional settlement in which we worship called into question. Our family moved from…

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Christian Living Ministry

Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Are you a Roman? That is, are you the kind of person who really cares about organisation, strategy, pragmatics, and getting things done? The Roman Empire was famous for those things. And so the Romans ruled the world (or at least the Mediterranean…

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Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

Stories from Moore College Mission 2021: learning and partnership

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Ben George

“I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:1-2). As King David pens this psalm, he both remembers the…

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Christian Living

Prayer: What are we actually doing? (Ephesians 1:15–16)

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

“A Muslim, a Jew and an Anglican Minister walk into a classroom”. This was the advertising blurb for a local Community College seminar I participated in a few years ago. I joined a Muslim educator and a Jewish academic (who is also a friend of mine)…

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