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Jeremy Dover

Press Service International

Jeremy Dover is a former sports scientist and Pastor

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  • Air tasker prayer: deleting prayer from church

    Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, church services used to include a time of congregational prayer. No, not a 10 second prayer in between the songs but a solid 5 to 10 minutes of concentrated communal prayer.

  • Getting fit through isolation

    Are you one of the many people that started a new fitness program during isolation? Living in lockdown has given us the perfect excuse to break the bondage of the house and find some freedom outdoors.

  • Be Still

    Music plays such a powerful part in a Christian’s faith. The best example is King David’s cries, laments and praises found in the Psalms. In these, we see the way emotion and doctrine are interwoven in song. Today, we see many Christians expressing their faith the same way through song.

  • The heart to church growth

    These were the suggestions offered when I asked how we grow the church today. When I pressed further they justified their ideas pointing to marketing research that confirms if you can engage a customer and get them through your doors you will have a higher conversion rate (pun intended) for sales and return patronage. However, is that the secret?   

  • Pick a team

    With sporting codes struggling to gain traction for their season it gives us more time to reflect on why we love our teams so much

  • Covid-19: No sport - no life

    No sport?! Sport is just one of the many areas of our world fallen casualty to Covid-19. Football season, Olympics, netball fixtures, even going to the local gym are all cancelled or postponed.

  • Coronavirus closes churches but not the mission

    With the Coronavirus closing mass gatherings, such as church services, here are sometips on how the Church (i.e. Christ’s people) can continue its unshakable mission. Church on Sunday may get cancelled but that does not stop God’s people doing His will.

  • No “I” in Team

    Bible authors long ago identified the usefulness of sport to illustrate faith.

  • Ethical Fashion

    Over 1,100 garment workers died seven years ago in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh.

  • Reviewing Nike’s “ludicrous and illegal” shoe

    “It is not in the spirit of athletics,” says Australian marathon great Rob de Castella. Many athletes are calling for it to be banned saying it provides an unfair advantage.