by Arthur Brown | Apr 26, 2013 | Opinion
Sitting on the fence is not always the most comfortable place to be. In trying to avoid aligning yourself with a particular group, belief or political party, it is often easy to alienate yourself from all parties in the debate, thus potentially becoming irrelevant. I...
by Arthur Brown | Feb 6, 2013 | Opinion
Last June, a close friend of my wife’s and mine died. Cindy was someone who transformed our life, faith and spirituality. She taught us about frailty, vulnerability and suffering by showing us something of Jesus in the most unexpected ways. As well as being a...
by Arthur Brown | Oct 22, 2012 | Opinion
As I have looked at various news articles over the last few weeks, it has struck me, yet again, how good we all are at apportioning blame on others while neglecting to ask questions about our own faults. Have you ever noticed that the trouble with “our...
by Arthur Brown | Oct 16, 2012 | Opinion
John Stott, in commenting on the Lausanne statement on Christian Social Responsibility, suggests that “it is our duty to be involved in socio-political action; that is, both in social action (caring for society’s casualties) and in political action...
by Arthur Brown | Aug 20, 2012 | Opinion
As a youth worker, I’ve lost count of the times parents have complained that they don’t understand their children. “It’s like they’re speaking a different language,” they lament. As I look at the various titles of books about Islam...
