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Adrian Plass: Honest to God

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:25 +0000

At the tail end of a two-month speaking tour of Australia, Ashley Thompson catches up with British author and poet Adrian Plass to reflect on his last 29 years of unintended ministry. It’s been almost 30 years since Adrian Plass broke through the silence of church niceties with brutal, hilarious honesty. Bracing for “evangelicals with ...

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Lessons drawn from the funny side

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:11 +0000

Dianne Jensen talks to award-winning comic artist Phil Day about viewing life and faith through the lens of humour. Remember that smart-aleck kid whose clever caricatures were passed around the classroom as soon as the teacher’s back was turned? There’s a good chance that he or she grew up to be a cartoonist like Phillip Day, ...

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Five things my father taught me about the church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:30:25 +0000

Fathers teach us a lot of interesting stuff about life, faith, and taking one for the team. Here are a few thoughts from the writers at Journey about what fathers teach us about the church. There’s always room for one more Fathers invoke the theological principle of hospitality each time they turn up at dinnertime ...

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