Do you feel you’ve heard the Christmas story so many times that perhaps it’s lost its wonder? The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent will draw you deep into the first two chapters of Matthew’s Gospel so that you can view the story of Christ’s birth with fresh eyes.

I have written previously about the way in which the “turn of the year” evokes strong memories of my previous life in Scotland. Why this should be true of this time of year more than any other is hard to say. Perhaps it is because of the song sung around the world, “Auld Lang Syne.” It begins with a rhetorical question: Should old relationships be forgotten? The answer is clearly no.

Pastors aren’t perfect. They battle with temptation and sin just like the rest of us. But when they fall from grace, they make headlines—and sometimes they drag down whole congregations.
So what does it take to be successful in Christian leadership?