As the appalling situation in ZImbabwe continues to unfold, these words from Andrew Walls on the contribution of Africa to a developing Christian theology seem very appropriate. Sorry, but it’s a longish quote: Africa is already revealing the limitations of theology as generally taught in the West. The truth is that Western models of theology […]
Month: June 2008
June 30 1988
Into Vavoua this morning to get some gas and paraffin. While I was lugging two dirty great canisters around my sandal decided to fall apart, terrific! I got to the place where they sell gas and left my stuff there and limped off to find a cobbler. The job was done very quickly, for the […]
Too Much Information
While I’m telling my diary story from twenty years ago, Jessica has chimed in with an up to date story which gives more information than you might want to hear. BTW – did I ever tell you our worm stories?
June 29 1988
Spent most of the day trying to get the house looking less like a building site and more like a home. Emile and Gilbert are both convinced that I am incapable of doing anything, … every time I put my hand to a job, they come and take it over from me. I’m left wandering […]
The Place of the Bible
Thanks to Julia who in her comment on this post, pointed me to the article What is Anglicanism by Henry Orombi. The Bible cannot appear to us a cadaver, merely to be dissected, analyzed, and critiqued, as has been the practice of much modern higher biblical criticism. Certainly we engage in biblical scholarship and criticism, […]
Interactive Preaching
Anyone who is involved in preaching or teaching in church might like to take a look at Interactivepreaching.net InteractivePreaching.net is all about promoting the practice and values of dialogical, experimental, communal and practical preaching. Reflecting this, our site aims to be as interactive and open-source as possible. We intend to address, in numerous ways, the […]
How very true….
From ASBO Jesus
Tuesday June 28 1988
I was cold in bed last night, a new experience for me in Africa, made me quite homesick. A note for future reference, rechargeable batteries are a waste of time and energy, I put a fully charged set into my torch last night and the thing went and died on me in less than half […]
My Diary…. Twenty years on
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting some excerpts from the diary I kept when we first moved out into Kouya country exactly 20 years ago. I hope you will find it interesting. The day started rather inauspiciously, good for parasites but not too good for Homo sapiens , I had been bitten badly […]
Teaching People to Make Friends
Mark Sayers, has just posted another excellent and thoughtful piece. It’s not very long, so you have no excuse not to read it – here is his conclusion: One of the missional roles of the church in the 21st century may be how to teach people again how to have actual friendships, that are long, […]