About the Series
That question sits at the centre of While We Wait – a book on Kingdom Living, and the growing series of reflections it belongs to.
While We Wait is formational Christian writing: work rooted in the whole of scripture, with the teachings of Jesus as its primary lens, written to help Christians at any stage of their walk with God live more faithfully in His light. It is theologically serious without being academic, and honest about the difficulty of the Christian life without losing sight of grace.
The series takes its shape from three parables Jesus told in a single sitting, on the Mount of Olives, in the final week of His life – the Ten Virgins, the Talents, and the Sheep and the Goats. Together they form one of the most searching portraits of Kingdom Living in scripture, touching spiritual growth, stewardship, and faithfulness in equal measure.
The Shape of the Series
Be Ready
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
Be Faithful
The Parable of the Talents
Be Accountable
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Companion Booklets
Prayer, forgiveness, generosity, and more
ForthcomingThis series did not begin as a writing project. It began as a personal crisis – a season of financial failure, lost inheritance, and the slow, uncomfortable work of asking what God was doing in the middle of it. When I began to find my way through, I discovered that three parables in Matthew 25 had been describing my journey long before I could name it myself.
What I have written is not a guide. It is a reflection – one person's attempt to sit honestly with three parables and share what they revealed. Some of what follows may be challenging. Some of it may be recognisable. All of it comes from personal experience rather than abstract instruction. Take what is useful and make it your own.
I write as a teacher, not a pastoral counsellor. These works are pastoral in motive – I care deeply about how people are growing – but they are offered as aids to spiritual development and personal reflection, not as pastoral guidance or direct advice. If you are in difficulty, please seek someone who can walk alongside you properly.
The further booklets in the series are written in the same spirit: focused reflections on themes that the waiting period keeps raising – prayer, forgiveness, generosity, and more to come. Each can stand alone. Together they circle a single question: how are we meant to live faithfully in the time between Jesus' departure and His return?
– James Alderson
While We Wait can be read start to finish as a continuous work, or each part can stand on its own. Each chapter closes with reflection questions, suited equally to individual reading and to small group discussion – a way of sitting with the material rather than simply moving past it.
More small group and study resources are in development. If that would be useful to you, you're welcome to get in touch at bereanpress@pm.me.
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