On a surprisingly warm day in West Yorkshire, exactly twenty five years ago today, Sue and I were married, ushering in the best period of my life. That being said, the last twenty five years have not all been fun: there has been far more travel, malaria, separation and sheer fatigue than we would have […]
Chris has posted a series of good theological jokes over at Chrisendom. Well, I thought they were good – but on reflection good theological joke is not a phrase you often hear – perhaps for good reason.
One large evangelical seminary has made a stupendous bid for academic and religious freedom by shaking off the habit of students wearing robes and mortar boards at graduation (because they have Roman Catholic roots). This glorious bid for freedom involves the wearing of… no you have to read it for yourselves. Make sure you read […]
From the Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus.
I am recommending this blog with a slight amount of trepidation. It’s not the sort of thing I normally cover here, put it simply it’s the story of 18 months in a young man’s life. It’s incredibly moving and thought provoking but, the language is robust (very robust!) and you shouldn’t bother looking at it […]
After a remarkably stress free trek through Lomé airport, our flight to Paris took off the best part of an hour late. As usual I didn’t manage to sleep much, but I did watch a beautiful film called Earth which was only spoiled by a nauseatingly twee commentary. As we were late into Paris, we […]
It’s hard to keep up with the news when I’m on the road, what with work to do and emails to answer; not to mention blogging and facebookery. This time I seem to have got completely isolated because I just thought I saw a story about the UK shipping a terminally ill woman back to […]
This morning’s team devotions came from a passage that is well known, but which poses real challenges for strategic planners… Matthew 6:31-34 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that […]
Three of the blogs I read have articles about the number of the beat today. Is it a coincidence? I don’t think so – obviously I got something wrong in the eschatology quiz a day or two ago. Ruth Gledhill of the Times writes: Have just filed a story I enjoyed writing on how the […]
One of the nice things about travelling around is that I get to meet friends in different places. Sue and I first met Rob and Lois Baker when they were single missionaries teaching at a school in Ivory Coast. Twelve years later they are living in Benin where Lois teaches at an English school and […]