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Where does motivation come from? Are motivation and inspiration the same thing? How do we get it? Does it just happen to us when we …

February is the beginning of Lent. The tradition in my family and many Christian families is to give up something for Lent. As a teenager, …

For the last month or so, I have been working on revising the old planned giving brochure, which was called “Introduction to Planned Giving.” That …

When I took this job, I decided that it wouldn’t be fair to talk about my own parish a lot. It’s worth saying though that …

Last year, I wrote about how we need to stop talking about people working for the church as if they were ‘volunteers’ and start talking …

In the aftermath of the Kosovo war, involving the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the former federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the …

A number of years ago, while in the days of searching and seeking other Christian denominational traditions, one of the things that I used to …

One of the most intimidating moments for a painter is staring at a blank canvas. Devoid of colour, line, or shape, the blank canvas represents …

My career was as a teacher. Like my father before me, I taught English. I had the opportunity to teach many poems, plays, essays, novels …

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an initiative of the World Council of Churches, takes place each year from January 18-25, between the feats …