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	<title>The Briefing » Everyday Ministry</title>
	
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		<title>Devoted to ministry and prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[flickr: notsogoodphotography

You know those times when you read a Bible passage so familiar that you barely see it any more? Then a word or phrase jumps out at you, your perspective shifts, and you see it clearly. It&#8217;s like those 3D puzzles where the picture suddenly comes into focus. ...<br/>
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		<title>After the NIV, then what? The NIV.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17237</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some time ago I wrote about choosing a Bible translation for public use in church. At my church, St Michael&#8217;s Cathedral in Wollongong, we&#8217;ve decided to go with the 2011 version of the New International Version (NIV11), recently published by Biblica (a.k.a. the International Bible...<br/>
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		<title>Authentic wine tasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Thank goodness that’s over,” you sigh, laying your head on your pillow. As the organiser of your church’s ‘wine tasting’ event, your day had been very full. First thing this morning you had been to a number of superstores to chase down the twelve required varieties. As the rain poured down, you...<br/>
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		<title>A different centre of gravity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This heartwarming feedback just came in from Dave, a pastor here in Sydney:

I&#8217;m not a teary kind of bloke. Last night, though, I was almost at the point of crying as we went around the room and people shared what they&#8217;d got out of doing The Course of Your Life. In the week following...<br/>
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		<title>What I have learnt about the ministries of women</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women in ministry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=15688</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What follows are some of my personal reflections on the ministries of women, whether they’re staff members in a church or involved in everyday ministry with others. Some of what I have to say is more applicable for women employed as a member of a pastoral staff team, but most of it is also about...<br/>
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		<title>Following the fearful apostle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. (1 Cor 2:3 NIV)  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>The mistakes of Phillip Jensen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Jensen | Tony Payne</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tony Payne: Phillip, you’ve been in ministry for quite a long time…

Phillip Jensen: Well, ever since I became a Christian; that’s when you start ministering, and that was back in ’59.  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>Wanted: more church invaders</title>
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		<comments>http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2012/03/wanted-more-church-invaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[flickr: The Arches

A few years ago, our family of six left a congregation full of parents with young children, and joined a church made up mostly of university students.1 This wasn&#8217;t an ideological statement on our part: it was simply because my husband works in university ministry, and...<br/>
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		<title>Better church: The why and how of running Sunday meetings</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBriefingEverydayMinistry/~3/uvK6OOa-T_8/</link>
		<comments>http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2012/03/better-church-the-why-and-how-of-running-sunday-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=15577</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you’ve been going to Sunday church services for as long as I have, you will no doubt have a list of things that you don’t find very edifying (i.e. things that drive you nuts). But what should we do about this all-too-common lack of quality in our church gatherings? (more…)<br/>
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		<title>Teaching our kids Two Ways to Live</title>
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		<comments>http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2012/02/teaching-our-kids-two-ways-to-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Andy, age 5

The other day, my husband Steve told our four children to grab a piece of paper and a pen. Then he rolled out those old, familiar words: &#8220;God is the loving ruler of the world&#8230;&#8221;.   (more…)<br/>
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