I’m at the official book launch for the second volume of this extraordinary book by Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder, and I can confirm that I’m quoted on page 545 in relation to freedom of religion. So definitely a book worth buying!
Peacemaking through preaching
By Rod Benson Good preaching positively unsettles us. It inspires wonder in God’s character and ways. It draws adoring worship from bruised, parched and self-absorbed souls. It encourages new thoughts. Good preaching is a light in the dark. It challenges the status quo, instills vision and prompts reform. It uncovers common ground and builds bridges. …
12 books on productivity and time management
Summarised by Rod Benson. There are hundreds of books available today on personal productivity and time management. A very small number of these are excellent, while the rest range from good to bad to just plain ugly and cringe-worthy. Have you discovered a book or other resource that has significantly lifted your game when it …
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The use of Scripture in Laudato Si
By Rod Benson (published in APBF Digest, June 2015) When he chose “Francis” for his papal name in 2014, in honour of St Francis of Assisi, we might have expected former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to make a significant contribution to the Catholic Church’s witness on environmental issues. With the Encyclical released on June 18, …
Help when I feel abandoned by God
A sermon by Rev Rod Benson, 29 September 2019 Psalm 10:1, 12 One of my favourite fiction writers is William Golding, best known as the author of Lord of the Flies. One of his other novels, The Inheritors,tells the story of Lok and his family, the last surviving Neanderthals in a world where another …
