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Staff Profile – Willie

25 March 2019

Margaret Roberts

Who are you and what do you do?

My name is Willie MacKenzie and I’m Director of Publishing at CFP. My job is varied but it comes down to being a problem solver, trying to sort out the more thorny problems that pop up which can be fun but also can be exasperating!

What is your favourite thing about what you do?

It’s meeting folk and developing books ideas. Some of the folk I am blessed to meet are amazingly bright and perceptive with inspirational ideas, I often come away from a meeting feeling c

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The Reverend George Philip

27 February 2019

William H. M. Mackenzie

The Reverend George Philip, the former minister of Sandyford Henderson Church, Glasgow, died recently. His funeral will take place on the 1st of March at his former church. He had a huge impact on the church in Scotland that will continue for decades to come. He has now entered into that rest which he longed for.

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Pick Your Fights

27 February 2019

Philip De Courcy

President Theodore Roosevelt used to have a pet dog that was always getting into fights and being beaten by other dogs. A reporter once asked the president about that. The reporter stated, ‘Your dog is not much of a fighter, is he, Mr President?’ Roosevelt replied, ‘That is not true. He is a wonderful fighter! He is just a poor judge of dogs.’

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Staff Profile – Margaret

22 February 2019

Margaret Roberts

Who are you and what do you do?

I’m Margaret and I’m the marketing assistant at CFP. I (try to) coordinate our marketing efforts and make sure as many people as possible hear about our books and tell other people about them. I also spend a lot of time on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram.

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Updating Our Worship

20 February 2019

Philip De Courcy

The worship offered to God in most churches on Sunday needs updating. It needs to become more contemporary, but not in the way most people think. When I talk about the need for more contemporary worship in our churches, I am not thinking in terms of bands versus orchestras, or worship teams versus choir, or even throwing out the hymnal. The update has to do with who we worship, not how we worship.

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Running Gets You Nowhere

13 February 2019

Philip De Courcy

There are times in life when things can get so bad that running away seems like the best and only solution. That is why each and every day people quit their jobs, file for divorce, leave the ministry, or drop out of school. They have run out of steam and so they run. They envy the very birds that are flying overhead and wish that they too could migrate to another warmer and sunnier place.

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Perfect Timing

06 February 2019

Philip De Courcy

Phillips Brooks, the former New England clergyman, was known for his calm, cool demeanor. So you can guess the surprise of his associates when they found him pacing up and down the floor of his study like a lion in a cage. One of the friends asked, ‘What is the trouble, Dr Brooks?’ He abruptly responded, ‘The trouble is that I am in a hurry, but God isn’t.’

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Staff Profile – Kate

01 February 2019

Margaret Roberts

Who are you and what do you do?

I’m Kate MacKenzie and I’ve had a few job titles at Christian Focus. For a number of years, I worked in the editorial department and am currently working in marketing.

What is your favourite thing about what you do?

It’ll have to be two favourite things as I’ve been in two areas of the publishing world now. When I worked in editing, I took great satisfaction working with authors on their book ideas and projects and helping them see it to the finished product. In m

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Staff Profile – Donnie

18 January 2019

Margaret Roberts

Who are you and what do you do?

Donnie Morrison, Sales Manager CFP

What is your favourite thing about what you do?

Sometimes my favourite thing is my worst thing, which is all the travelling I do. What I like about it is meeting lots of different people, trying lots of different foods, talking to lots of Christians from different denominations and backgrounds.

What is one thing about you that other people think is unusual?

That I’m 48, because I look so much younger! Non–Christian friends from

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Better Than We Dreamed

17 January 2019

Simona Gorton

As I climbed into the astonishing life of Elaine Townsend, I found myself captivated by the picture of a woman whose insatiable craving for God, delight in people, and vivacity of life challenged all modern notions of stodgy missionary women. Elaine herself would have been glad of this.

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