The earliest copy of The Briefing in my files is #104. I wasn’t there at the beginning, though given the fact its publication frequency back then was twice a month (except January), it was still very early days. During a summer ministry appointment in Queensland a dear couple put some binders of their copies in …

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The digital age overtakes The Briefing. At their website, Matthias Media announces that the next edition of The Briefing will be the last. I’ve been a subscriber since 1992 or so. The advent of online material has diminished the effectiveness of what was initially a fortnightly bulletin of ‘brief’ articles, leading to its current form …

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Nice shout-out on the Desiring God blog to a Briefing article on urban ministry by Sydney’s Justin Moffat. 25,000 people does not really make Mount Gambier a city, but a number of his points cross urban/rural contexts. The bullet points below are expanded upon in Moffat’s article which is online at The Briefing webpage. Justin …

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In this month’s Briefing Rachel Pettett writes about her experience with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), now in a third year. The article is not available online, although you can purchase a pdf copy of the magazine. As Rachel writes about how the illness has impacted on her life, aspirations, sense of self and relationship with …

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