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By: Stephen McAlpine
People are planting flowers in Kyiv. Spring is coming. In the midst of all the chaos, horror and death that the Russian invasion has inflicted on Kyiv, there is something beautiful about people planting flowers in wartorn Kyiv.
By: Stephen McAlpine
Last week, a man humiliated another man and his wife in front of a crowd of people. The humiliated man was me. Continue reading “The ‘Slap’ – A Reflection on a Moment of Public Humiliation”
By: Stephen McAlpine
Shane Warne was a human headline to the end. An end that came quickly and shockingly on the same day another cricketing superstar died.
Continue reading “‘Shane’: Reflections on Warney and a Death So Young”
By: Stephen McAlpine
Young men in droves are getting the snip. And often their reason, is that the world is running out of hope and why would you want to bring a child into it?
Continue reading “Why Are So Many Young Childless Men Getting the Snip? Because Hope Has Been Cut Off.”
By: Stephen McAlpine
How do we make space, to rest and be still, in this constantly “on” age? Is it even possible any longer? Are we so attached to our technology that we have lost the ability to tune out and turn off? And if it is impossible, what are the implications for us relationally and spiritually? Continue reading “Making Space: Rediscovering Rest in the Unrelenting Digital Age”
By: Stephen McAlpine
I was cleaning up around the front doors of the school building we use for church on Sunday (yes, our state is open, our church is gathering on). Continue reading “The Note I Found of the Boy Pointing the Gun at His Head”
By: Stephen McAlpine
In his novel The City and The City, English author China Mieville sets a murder mystery in two cities, Beszel and Ul Quoma. Bezsel is run down and grimy (think Eastern bloc 1970s), while Ul Quoma is all Singapore glitz and glam.
Continue reading “The City and The City: Living In Formational And Worshiping Distance”
By: Stephen McAlpine
Paul is not a painting we look at and wish we could be like; rather he is a window to the awesome rescuing grace of the Redeemer. Leader pride produces personality cults, while leader humility stimulates worship of God. Continue reading “Christian Leader: Are You a Painting Or a Window?”
By: Stephen McAlpine
You know God’s doing something special when you’re choosing the colour of the ashtrays for the church not the colour of the carpet.
By: Stephen McAlpine
I have devoted this guest post to a friend of mine, Talia. I have not read anything as moving, as heartbreaking, or as soul-enriching this year. Continue reading “How Talia’s Disabled Daughter Taught Her about the Love of God”