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LETTERS AND TWEETS

Preaching and prayer
As a preacher of over 50 years, I
find the most important aspect to
my preaching is sacrificial prayer
beforehand. Of course, study, research
and careful planning are essential but
without a lengthy time of prayer and/
or fasting, little will be achieved for
the Kingdom of God.
Adrian Dawe

Legibility issues
I was delighted to receive the second
Preach magazine. Both issues contain
articles which have helped and
inspired me in my preaching and
prayer life. I found the layout, style,
quality and content excellent.
Sadly one matter has caused a slight
problem. With my aging eyesight I
struggled to read the black type on
coloured backgrounds, green on pages
12 and 49, blue on page 15 and cyan on
page 33, other than this it is excellent.
Keep up the good work, it is much
appreciated.
Steve Willimott, Doncaster
Ed: We received a few letters about
legibility, and we have listened.
Hopefully you will find this issue
easier to read.

Quality control
Without commenting on the contents
of the articles, I must say I am quite
alarmed at the unnecessarily high
quality of the production and the art
work. Call me an old fuddy-duddy,
but would a quality standard like that
of, say, The Big Issue (of which I’m a
regular reader, and great admirer)
not be sufficient?
Frankly I’m embarrassed to find
myself complaining about a
beautifully produced modern journal,
the result of a great deal of hard work,
on the grounds that its high quality of
production is completely wrong for its
purpose and its clientele.

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Before continuing, let me stress
that the subject matter is in my
view on the whole of excellent
quality. Edition 2, however, more
than confirms all my objections to
the magazine’s style, presentation
and composition – all that David
Williams’ letter refers to as ‘the
format’. There is actually a huge
irony in the fact that a publication
that raises environmental issues
so forcibly should be an example
of such lavish, self-indulgent and
wasteful production. In addition
to that, it is not easy to handle (on
account of the weight and stiffness
of the paper used) and it smells
awful. I am even more embarrassed
to continue to offer negative
criticism but will be surprised if
you have not received many other
disappointed responses.

I’m a young preacher and worship
leader/songwriter myself and
have a real passion for these two
vital ministries to the Church.
I personally see the