Carolyn Shrock-Shenk and Lawrence Ressler, Making Peace with Conflict: Practical Skills for Conflict Transformation. Pennsylvania: Herald, 1999. Colin Patterson, How to Learn Through Conflict. Cambridge: Grove Pastoral Series, 2003, repr. 2008, On a recent training course about conflict, I learned that people fall into three distinct categories in their approaches to conflict.… [Read more…]
Miroslav Volf Brazos Press ISBN 9781587432989 Miroslav Volf’s latest book does not mention debates concerning church schools , the saying of prayers in a council chamber nor the various legal cases of employees displaying crosses. While mentioning none of these specifically he presents a treatise of thoughts with so much to say, above the… [Read more…]
Alastair Redfern, Being Anglican (London: DLT, 2008) and Samuel Wells, What Anglicans Believe: An Introduction (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2011). With the debate on the Anglican Covenant in full swing, it is worth digging around to get some idea of what Anglicanism is and how it has come to be in its present shape. These… [Read more…]
James Lawrence, Mentoring Matters: Identify, Equip and Resource Mentors (Warwick: CPAS, 2011) There’s been lots of work done on leadership development for churches and CPAS with their Growing Leaders Course has been part of this. They now add this excellent user friendly resource on mentoring to further enrich Christian discipleship and ministry at ground level.… [Read more…]
Jim Currin, Sharing Faith the Jesus Way (Abingdon: The Bible Reading Fellowship) ISBN 9 7781841 018621 £7.99 pp. 172. Jim Currin has been a Church Army Evangelist since 1979 and is currently Secretary for Evangelisation at Churches Together in England. He has vast experience of leading missions as well as training people in evangelism. He has… [Read more…]
Preaching like a woman Susan Durber SPCK 978-0281059188 £12.99 Susan’s book is effectively in 3 sections; there are chapters where she explains what she is doing and intended in a set of sermons; there are the sermons themselves and a final chapter on preparing a sermon. The sermons read very… [Read more…]
Gordon Campbell, Bible: The Story of the King James Version 1611-2011 (Oxford: OUP, 2010) & David Crystal, Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (Oxford: OUP, 2010) If you haven’t given any thought to the KJV during the 400th anniversary of its publication you’ve just about got time to get a handle on… [Read more…]
L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong, Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry (Michigan: Eerdmans, 2006) St John’s College, Nottingham, These Words of Mine: Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas. (available from St John’s College, Nottingham) There are some books which seem to hit the nail on the head and I am grateful to Dean… [Read more…]
Jane Leach and Michael Paterson, Pastoral Supervision: A Handbook (London: SCM, 2010) Robin Greenwood & Sue Hart, Being God’s People: The Confirmation and Discipleship Handbook (London: SPCK, 2011) At the four recent diocesan clergy conferences participants focused upon oversight or supervision. Jane Leach and Michael Paterson have produced a very accessible and wise handbook… [Read more…]
Director of Ministry Nigel Rooms, The Faith of the English: Integrating Christ and Culture (London: SPCK, 2011): One of the benefits of living for a number of years outside one’s own culture is becoming more aware of its peculiarities and character. Nigel Rooms, Director of Ministry and Mission in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham,… [Read more…]
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