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Scenes From a Trip to Nigeria

There is nothing profound about this blog post at all. Just a few photos of things that took my interest while I was in Nigeria recently. After all, it isn’t every day that you get to play cricket with W.G. Grace.   When visiting a language project, I was impressed with the way one of […]

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Books I’ve Read: The Life of Pi

You know what? I probably wouldn’t bother with this. I know it’s a famous book and has been made into a movie and all, but I just didn’t get it. The book broadly breaks down into three sections. The first is a rather crude advert for a certain wishy-washy variety of Hinduism. Yes, I know […]

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Jos

Yesterday was a long day. I flew out overnight from Heathrow to Abuja and then we drove up to Jos where I'll be based, more or less, for the next few days. The overnight flight to Abuja was exactly the wrong length – just over six hours. It meant getting on the plane really late […]

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Some Thoughts on Luther

This weekend, I had the immense privilege of visiting Eisenach, a small town in Germany. Eisenach, which is just inside the former East Germany, has a number of claims to fame. It is there that JS Bach (probably my favourite classical composer) was born. But, for a Bible translator, it is supremely the location of  the Wartburg; the […]

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Bible and Mission Links 22

Bible Translation Philip Hewer has a rather nice blog post exploring the disappearing vocative ‘o’, while Pastors.com pays homage to ‘Good News for Modern Man‘. Those with a historical interest can read about Baptists and the Bible and there are more materials about the Bible than most of us will ever read available from John Frame […]

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A very Kouya celebration!

Yesterday I arrived home from a visit to Ivory Coast to attend the dedication of the New Testament in Kouya. It took place in the village of Dema, which is where we first lived when we moved to the Kouya area almost 25 years ago. In a number of ways this wasn’t a typical dedication. […]

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A Guide To Missionary Guest Houses

Sitting here in Northern Togo, I realised that no one has published a definitive guide to Missionary Guest houses and decided that I should cash in on this potentially lucrative market! This follows on from my successful definitive guide to Bible translation terminology. These are the things you can expect to find in any missionary […]

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To Go To Togo

It feels strange, yet oddly familiar being back in West Africa. There are some things which used to be reflexes which I now have to concentrate on. Rinsing the washing up in dilute bleach isn’t a normal part of life in High Wycombe, nor is using filtered water to clean my teeth. But with a […]

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Keswick Thoughts

This week finds me in Keswick, in the English Lake District. Now, there is nothing unusual in that, I’ve spent a fair bit of time in Keswick over the years. However, this time is somewhat different; I’m not here to wander over the fells, but to take part in the Keswick Convention. I’ve been in […]

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A Brief Hiatus

You may have noticed that things have been rather quiet on the Kouya Chronicle front of late. This isn’t because the blog has closed but rather because Sue and I have just enjoyed a fantastic couple of weeks on the Isle of Skye. I’ve always been convinced that nowhere on earth could be as beautiful […]