Ours is an instant age. We move quickly and we want to have instant access to our money, to music and to people. But is faster always better? What about when it comes to Bible translation? Last week, I had the amazing privilege to sit in on meetings where people were planning to translated the […]
Month: January 2010
This is the third in a series of three talks (in French) on working across organizational boundaries. They were originally given at a seminar planning for Bible Translation in Burkina Faso. https://www.kouya.net/upload/WorkingTogether3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:12 — 11.9MB) | Embed
Take a look at the new Wycliffe Bible Translators’ website, it’s rather good!
Working Together: How Not To Do It
Part two of my three part series (in French) on working across organisational boundaries. https://www.kouya.net/upload/WorkingTogether2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:13 — 13.3MB) | Embed
This is the first in my series of three devotional talks on the subject of working across organisational boundaries. Be warned, this talk was given in something approximating to French! https://www.kouya.net/upload/WorkingTogether1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:12 — 12.3MB) | Embed
Bible Translation in Burkina Faso
My friend Jacques from ANTBA explains why he believes Bible Translation is important for Burkina Faso.
Tongue Tied
I’m sitting through three days of meetings, planning for Bible translation in Burkina Faso. There are five or six different organisations who are involved in translation and mission work all sitting round a table in a (thankfully, air conditioned) small room. The majority of people are Burkinabe and the meeting is being held in French. […]
Mission as Community
I’m sitting in three days of meetings in Burkina Faso. There are people from a number of different churches and organisations here and community is very much at the heart of our discussions. On one level we are talking about how the groups can work together to promote the Gospel. We are also talking about […]
An African Morning
It’s been two years since I was last in West Africa. They call this time of year cold season in Ouagadougou. That is to say that the temperature is in the high thirties (centigrade) during the day and drops to around twenty at night. This means that it is just about cool enough for me […]
Speaking the Language People Understand
Brian has just written an excellent piece about how we need to present the message of Jesus in the language of our hearers. He takes us back to the Biblical narrative and shows us how the Biblical writers used art forms and stories that would have been easily understood by those who first read them. […]