Today, we’re kicking off a three-way conversation (oooh, something new!) between Pam, Katherine and me, about prayer. This will take a few weeks as there is so much to squeeze out of their excellent questions. So Pam asks, “why don’t we pray in the church services very often?” Like Jesus on so …
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Let’s have a Mardle: Here’s to the Ordinary
A weekly chat about life together as the people of God here on the East Coast This week I want to kick the conversation off by taking a lead from Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. He once gave a famous speech called 'Here's to the Crazy One's'. I've been thinking about church life and …
Let’s have a Mardle: Why do those who preach sometimes use very long and complicated words?
Hey Kirsty, this is a great question and I'm glad you asked. In fact, this is a question that almost anyone involved in any type of content creation should be asking. Take, for example, newspapers. Did you know they collect huge amounts of data on readability and try to hit their …