by James Gordon | Oct 6, 2014 | Opinion
The walled gardens at Drum Castle in Scotland are a favorite place for a reverie, though it’s hard to have a reverie these days. Our minds aren’t accustomed to the mental spaciousness, lapse of productiveness and reorientation focus necessary for those...
by James Gordon | Aug 14, 2014 | Opinion
I have grown tired of the word “vision.” Whether it’s used in a personal development seminar, a question about the future of the organization, or in the church community to help us be more forward or outward or upward looking, the word wearies me. It...
by James Gordon | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
I was introduced to a profound statement by William Temple many a year ago that has guided my reflections on worship. “Both for perplexity and dulled conscience the remedy is the same: sincere and spiritual worship. For worship is the submission of all our...
by James Gordon | Jan 13, 2014 | Opinion
While browsing an Oxfam bookshop recently, I saw several books and a CD I would have bought, but, to be honest and upfront about it, they were far too expensive. I know the secondhand book market and the prices that are fair and sensible. The Oxfam pricing policy...
by James Gordon | Jan 8, 2014 | Opinion
“Our minds are constantly trying to bring God down to our level rather than letting him lift us into levels of which we were not previously capable.” I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with that statement even before I finished reading it. I then...
