A number of my friends have written books, but they tend to be non-fiction or technical ones in linguistics, biology, biblical stuides and other areas I've worked in. A Brief Eternity, by my friend Paul Beaumont is, as far as I'm aware, the first novel that any friend of my has had published. Not only […]
Month: February 2014
On The Road Again … and again
So my colleague Caroline suggested that we should go and visit a village where she is doing language research. We set out from Ban Lung and were merrily bowling along on a dirt road, when the car just stopped. Dead. Being a technical sort, I lifted the bonnet and took a look inside. There was […]
Fear No Nightly Noises
This is what Tom Bombadil advised Frodo and his companions. The nightly noises in the tropics aren’t to be feared, but there are plenty of them. Cicadas: I love the loud noise of the night insects. These days I hardly notice them, but in many ways they sound like home. Music: in Gouabafla we would […]
Sunshine
there are some great things about my job! Here I am in Northern Cambodia, drinking green tea and looking at this view. To say the least it makes a change from the weather in the UK at the moment. Admittedly the nine hour minibus trip to get here was somewhat tiring and my body insists […]
Missing Home
I’ve travelled enough to know what it is like to miss home for a few weeks or even a few years, but what does it mean to know that you will never go back?
Almost But Not Quite
Albert Mohler has written an interesting article about mission in the twenty-first century, which manages to ignore the most important aspects of the modern mission movement.
Soft Discipleship
How will the Western Church, trapped in its secularism and modernity and subservience to toleration respond to changes in the world? Martin Lee.
Friends Not Bosses
The Global Church does not need experts because they can’t do stuff. But they do need their brothers and sisters.
Where Do Missionaries Go?
One suggestion is that there are more missionaries in the one city of Nairobi than in the whole of Francophone Africa.
The Power of Money
Money is power and disproportionate power can make any relationship difficult. Mission work is not immune from this.