You might find that Kouya Chronicle doesn’t look quite right at the moment or that some things are not working as they should. Sorry about that. We’ve got one of those annoying, untraceable software problems which I’m trying to fix when time allows. Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you […]
The Wycliffe UK Blog has a good article on Vision 2025, which is well worth a read; among quotes from ‘key’ Christian leaders is this gem from the late Kwame Bediako of Ghana. “No language group should be considered reached until they have the Scriptures available in their mother tongue as the foundation for building […]
Yesterday evening, I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention in Northern Ireland. To be honest, I’ve never been to anything quite like it before; worldwide is a week long event with meetings in the morning and evening all concentrating on the theme of world mission. What is surprising is […]
It’s been a while since my last bunch of Bible and Mission links. This is partly because I’ve been horrendously busy at work, but also because I’ve not come across a great deal of interest in the blogsphere for the last few weeks. Mission blogging seems to have taken a summer break! The first thing […]
Today, the ever interesting Phil Ritchie blogged on the issue of international aid. As many people will know, the current British Government have promised to maintain the level of overseas aid at a fixed amount (0.7% of gross national income) until 2013. Today however, it leaked out that the minister of defence, Liam Fox, would […]
As this linky-thing is starting to become a bit of a regular event, I thought I’d better give it a title. Though as this offering shows, the title may not always be appropriate (the photo will almost never be). This week has been a good week for posts about Bible Translation. Joel Hoffman has written […]
I don’t make a habit of doing the ‘Friday link’ thing – I’m not organised enough, to remember what I’ve read. However, I’ve been struck by a some posts by a few of my favourite bloggers this week: Firstly, Onesimus had some great things to say about success in the church: Success has nothing to […]
Today’s Guardian has a fascinating article about the way in which short term volunteers working in orphanages in the developing world can end up doing more harm than good. In recent years, a disturbing form of slum tourism has taken off, with rich visitors sold a glimpse into the lives of the very poor. In […]
I love this quote from my colleague David Morgan in a recent edition of the Church Times Many of the remaining language groups with no translated scripture belong to some of the world’s smallest and most inaccessible groups. “These people are often the marginalised and the powerless, who receive little government aid,” Mr Morgan says. […]
My friend Dave has written an extremely powerful piece for the Wycliffe Bible Translators Magazine; Words for Life. Anée wept bitterly as she held her baby close to her chest. She was filled with a confusion of anger, grief and guilt. She was supposed to have taken the medicine herself and the baby would have […]