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Archive: December 2006

Lusty mind gamesDear Maggie

Issue published December 2006 Author Margaret Ellis

Cross PurposesEditorial

Issue published December 2006 Author John Buckeridge

John Buckeridge ponders how best we demonstrate our allegiance.

A hero for our timeFeature

Issue published December 2006 Author Mark Greene

Mark Greene considers an extraordinary example of compassion.

Army boss speaks outFeature

Issue published December 2006 Author General Sir Richard Dannatt

The Commander of the British Army provoked a storm recently by saying what no government minister dared - that Britain’s presence in Iraq was exacerbating Islamist violence. A committed Christian, General Sir Richard Dannatt, describes the day he stopped fighting and surrendered his life to God.

SLAVERY THEN & NOW: Putting a Face to the NumberFeature

Issue published December 2006 Author Desira Rodgers, David Griffiths and Ruth Dearnley

Stories from different parts of the world share the same agony of modern day slavery. In the third of our five-part series on slavery, we urge you not to look away – read on and discover how you can be part of the solution.

Theology of Humpty DumptyFeature

Issue published December 2006 Author Russell Rook and Sherri Golisky

Russell Rook and Sherri Golisky maintain that sometimes not even all the King’s horses and all the King’s men and women can put a profoundly broken person back together again.

Convicted or Condemned?Review

Issue published December 2006 Author Dez Brown with Martin Saunders

I killed a man, is about as arresting a first sentence as you’ll find from any writer

I am not but I know I amReview

Issue published December 2006 Author Louie Giglio

We need to be big enough to recognise that we are small enough to have a large enough part in God’s creation-redemption story.

The Gift of the JewsReview

Issue published December 2006 Author Thomas Cahill

Cahill retells the story of the Jews from a biblical backcloth.

The Nomadic ChurchReview

Issue published December 2006 Author Bill Easum and Pete Theodore

Bill Easum and Pete Theodore Nomadic Churches, as this book likes to call them, are very much part of today’s spiritual landscape.

To heal a fractured worldReview

Issue published December 2006 Author Jonathan Sacks

The Chief Rabbi’s books are always worth reading and this is no exception.

We're in this togetherReview

Issue published December 2006 Author Celia Bowring

The heat was rising, the pressure was on, I’d had enough!

Blue on blueReview

Issue published December 2006 Artist Leigh Nash

Lovely Leigh Nash is the former lead singer of talented tunesmiths Sixpence None The Richer.

SignatureReview

Issue published December 2006 Artist Moya Brennan

There are many travellers on this path. But when it comes to marking out a contemporary Celtic sound rooted in the soil of a deep Christian heritage, Moya Brennan has more or less written the road map.

Smile, it's the end of the worldReview

Issue published December 2006 Artist Hawk Nelson

Only extremist nihilists would name their album ‘Smile…‘ and embrace the apocalypse. Right? Wrong.

The Apostles CreedReview

Issue published December 2006 Artist Various Artists

A fine testimony to the theology expressed in these dozen hymns written by Getty / Townend is that they cover all the central aspects of the Apostles Creed, a basic statement of faith adopted by most Western Christians.

The day I climbed EverestThe Day I

Issue published December 2006 Author Rob and Jo Gambi

In 2005 Rob and Jo Gambi became the first couple to climb the Seven Summits (highest mountain on every continent) and ski to the North and South Poles. Jo entered the Guinness World Records for the fastest female ascent of the Seven Summits. Jo Gambi relates how God’s hand was seen in their adventures.