We live in unprecedented times where we face an ever-increasing number of challenges that no human leader or political party can resolve. We live in times where our leaders’ “too hard baskets” are forever filling up and their promises are not being matched by their performances. But we are also living in times of great opportunity for the people of God who like David’s men of Issachar were able to understand the times and know…

When I first started attending church, it wasn’t unusual to see a sign out the front of a church with the name of the church, and “the minister” and details of how to connect with the church. I gradually assumed from this that the “minister” was responsible for much of the running of the church with the assistance of a team of helpers and a number of spectators who regularly attended the church services. I…