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Bill Goodman Mekane Yesus Theological Seminary, Addis Abeba
Texts and Terror

A search for a biblical response to '11th September' and subsequent events. Bill Goodman reflects on five quite different biblical passages in the light of these events.


Elizabeth Ann Culling Diocese of York
What is Spiritual Direction?

A comprehensive introduction to the subject of spiritual direction. Elizabeth Culling outlines the purpose, processes and content of spiritual direction, exploring various models for understanding the practice of one person meeting another for guidance and companionship. While acknowledging that many Evangelicals might be anxious about the benefit of such relationships, she encourages readers to consider Jesus as the model for spiritual direction, and the Bible as an essential aid for those encouraging others in their relationships with God.


Andy Griffiths St Michael's Church, Paris
How to be Good: Anglican Models of Moral Formation

Andy Griffiths is challenged by reading Nick Hornby's popular novel How to be Good into wondering what Anglicanism has to say about being good. He surveys a variety of contemporary views which suggest that goodness comes from worshipping with other Christians, by thinking, or by reading scripture. He explores the approach taken to moral formation by the seventeenth-century Anglican bishop Jeremy Taylor, to suggest that goodness comes from the dynamic interrelationship between right appetites and formative actions.