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Madagascar

Books I have Read: Carnival Kingdom

I have to declare a slight interest here. I know a number of the authors and editors of this book and they were kind enough to let me have a copy for free. That being said, I can honestly say that Carnival Kingdom is an excellent book and one which will interest many readers of this blog. […]

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Do Not Use

Languages In Nigeria

Next month, I’m travelling out to Nigeria, where I will be speaking at a retreat for my colleagues out there. It was a nice encouragement to read this peace in the Nigeria Guardian which is very complimentary about Wycliffe’s work there: FEBRUARY 21, the International Mother Language Day, provided an opportunity to take a critical […]

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Africa

Bloggers in Africa

A group of Christian bloggers have just set off on a visit to Uganda from where they will be reporting on their adventures. I’m sure they will have a wonderful and informative time and no doubt they will generate a lot of publicity for the organisation who are fronting the trip. However, can I respectfully […]

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Reviews

Don’t Just Listen

Here is my sermon from Christ Church Flackwell Heath on James 1:22-25. http://docs-eu.livesiteadmin.com/bb27e7ce-476d-483c-9e11-8d54267c87ad/20130224.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:12 — 2.7MB) | Embed

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Reviews

Books I’ve Read: The Funniest book of the Year

Just take my word for it; The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is wonderful. Jonas Jonasson has rewritten the Good Soldier Schweik, made it funnier more surreal and (mercifully) shorter. The hero of the book has had a full life and was present at most of the major events of the second […]

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Bible Translation

Is Faster Better?

I love these wise words from Kate King: Bible translation is about relationship too. It’s about restoring people into that covenant relationship motivated by love. The best translations, the ones that are used, don’t happen in the isolation of an office. They happen in community, which is “slow”. They are laboured over and birthed through […]

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Theology

Trinity and Mission: A Reading List

I’ve just come across an excellent paper via Academia.edu written by my friend Mark Oxbrow of Faith To Share. It is a short review of the literature on the subject of Trinity and Mission and   it looks as though my Amazon wishlist is about to get an awful lot longer. Here is the first paragraph: By […]

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Reviews

Books I Have Read: Winter in Madrid

A few years ago, I found myself spending a few days in a hospital in Northern-Thailand. I wasn’t ill, but there was some concern that I was and it took three days to work it all out. While I was there, some kind friends loaned me some copies of the Shardlake books by C.J. Samson. […]

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Observations

A Gross Generalisation about Denominations

Free Church people sing better than Anglicans, but Anglicans do responsive readings and prayers better than Free Church people. This is not a value judgement, just a simple observation from spending the last few years visiting a many, many different churches. There are some exceptions to the rule, but not many.

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Observations

Marathon Training: Feb 2013

Nine weeks and one day to go till the London marathon and the training is starting to get serious. I run four days a week; a long run on Saturdays, a gentle 3 mile jog on Sundays to loosen up the muscles and then two four or five mile runs midweek. I also try to […]