I really wanted to like this book; I even quoted a couple of passages from it in blog posts a few days back. However, I found it really difficult to maintain my initial enthusiasm. From Times Square to Timbuktu, starts well but, like so much of the ecumenical conversation that it promotes, it descends into multiple […]
Month: March 2014
Notes From a Fallen World
It’s going to be a great day; Sam and Bec are getting married. There will be a worship service, food, wine and a ceilidh. Best of all, a great young couple get to start out on one of life’s great adventures. I’m not a great one for ceremonies and such, but marriage is great and […]
The Cross and Mission Financing
Would reflecting on the Cross change the way we think about some of the problems inherent in funding mission projects?
World Vision Turnaround
A few thoughts on the recent decisions of World Vision US to employ and then not employ people who are in a same-sex marriage.
A picture can tell a thousand words and a good diagram even more…
A Church Divided
The existence of more than 40,000 denominations in the world is not only a measure of flagrant disobedience with respect to God’s desire for the Church. Working together in mission is one way to overcome these artificial barriers.
I Think I’m Going To Like This Book
The astonishing ability of Christian faith to embed its truth in the life of widely diverse and endlessly changing cultures is the key to is growth, durability, and vitality through time and across geographical space.
Short Term Mission?
In 1962 Mary Steele arrived in Ghana to work as a Bible translator. Moving up to the North of the country, which was very under-developed at the time with few schools, Mary started work on the Konkomba language. When the Konkomba New Testament was completed and local language literacy well underway, Mary started work in […]
Local Food
There is nothing like travel to broaden the culinary horizons. I’ve eaten cane rat in Ivory Coast, delicious curry from street vendors in Thailand and something unidentifiable – but tasty – for breakfast in Cambodia. Today I ate lunch with a group of church leaders in Accra and was delighted to find this ‘local’ delicacy […]
St Patrick and the Trinity
There is nothing like a bad analogy to introduce you to an ancient heresy!