Enculturalization and the Gospel in Our Own Land
Andrew Jones the Tall Skinny Kiwi posted today about Brother Flack, a 100 year old missionary who Tall Skinny suggests ought to be the Patron Saint of the Emerging Church. It is a great post.The quotes from Brother Flack highlight adaptation to culture in which one is ministering, and this is what Tall Skinny identifies as an emerging church dynamic having been around for a lot longer than the Emerging Church Movement."Go as a learner. Be prepared to learn from the national people and from the culture of the country. Do not try to make the ch

Love God or Get Squished?
Reading the first book of the Confessions of Augustine yesterday I was stopped to contemplation (now that's good thing - usually) by this phrase: "Or what am I to Thee that Thou demandest my love, and, if I give it not, art wroth with me, and threatenest grievous woes?"Now fi

A Compelling Letter from a Pagan
The following email was sent to me by a Canadian guy named Mark who lives in London. Mark is a Pagan, and migrated to that faith after growing up with friends from a evangelical Christian background. I asked Mark if I could post this letter on my blog and share with my friends. He was happy to have it posted, but wanted to make sure that we understood that he did not have an anti-Christian bias.In his words, he said " I

getting lost in the tide - West Coast Eisteddfod Poetry Competition Entry
to the seaof grays and bluesin the sandi leave my shoesby water's edgein the wavesev'ry footstep iswashed awayandi feel just finegetting lost in the tidei walk the shoreat spring tidemy missing trailis a signall is wellmy pains undonejust for nowunder this sunandi feel just finegetting lost in the tidei could walkfor miles and mileserase trailsof all my trialsin each footsteppaid my duessomeone else canhave my shoesandi feel just finegetting lost in the t

Persecution of Supposed Witches on the Rise
The following stories have popped up in the last few days:Nigerian children accused of Witches cast out of their homes, tortured, even killed by church leadership, and their own parents:see this report from yesterday:SOS Children's Villageand this one from 3 days ago: