I must admit that I find it hard to understand how anyone could leave Durham Cathedral (the finest building in the world), but Bishop Tom Wright has announced that he will be leaving his post as Bishop of Durham to take up a post at St, Andrews University. You can find the official press notice […]
Month: April 2010
Coalition, Culture and Symbol
I apologise for the lack of blogging over the last week or so. I’m pretty much preoccupied with another writing project at the moment and don’t have a lot of spare time and even less spare energy! It looks as though my series on the election and mission may well never be completed – as […]
Blogging in Guarani
In Paraguay, where only 3% of the population has access to internet [es] and where the indigenous language of Guaraní is spoken by 88% of the population and also an official state language, Mirta Martínez saw an opportunity where nobody else did. A journalist and a Guaraní teacher, she became the first and only blogger […]
Onesimus raises this thorny question in his latest blog post. Some of his observations certainly give plenty of cause for reflection. In the mythology of North American fundamentalism and Western Evangelicalism, we missionaries are the heroes. We’ve given up our comfortable lives and left family and friends and offered ourselves to bring the light of […]
Joining in with the Spirit
Joining in with the Spirit: Connecting World Church and Local Mission by Kirsteen Kim is an excellent introduction to a broad range of missiological thinking. The publisher’s blurb says: “Joining in with the Spirit is an accessible introduction to mission studies – the history, theology and issues of mission, which is up-to-date and supported by […]
Making Your Mind Up
Encouragement to vote from lots of the great and good in British political life: The video features the following political figures: Alastair Campbell, Nadine Dorries, Phil Willis, Nigel Farage, Peter Tatchell, Ann Widdecombe, Andrew Hawkins, Angus MacNeil, Chris Mullin, Cross party band MP4 (Greg Knight, Pete Wishart, Ian Cawsey, Kevin Brennan), Lynne Featherstone, The Original […]
Talking about Christian mission work and its impact on culture is always difficult. There is an excellent example of this in the GlobalPost today in an article about Bible translation in Mali. The article is about the translation of the Bible into Toro-So, one of the many Dogon languages in Mali. Back in the mid-1990s […]
Global Mission or Local Mission
Some interesting thoughts from Joining in With the Spirit by Kirsteen Kim (p.9) Christians have born witness to Jesus Christ since the very beginnings of the early Church at Pentecost, and understand that they are ‘sent’ into the world, as Jesus himself was sent in the power of the Spirit from the Father (John 20:21-2). […]
Middle Class and Middle Aged
Hamo has just posted a radical call to discipleship for people like me. It isn’t comfortable reading, but it is absolutely vital! I am very conscious of my own selfish desires for more stuff and a nicer house with ocean views and a bigger TV, but I am equally conscious that (while these things aren’t […]
To respond to human need by loving service. Christians and Christian organisations have a long history of providing caring services to people in the UK. Even in a country as rich as ours, there are still many people who are in need of a helping hand in one way or another. The Christian response is […]