On the first Sunday of Advent 2015, a friend and I started talking about what we would like to see in terms of mission and outreach. We kept going and then we looked around coffee time was over and the others packing up ready for off. Oops if we are going to keep this conversation
The downside of purity part 1
Seeking purity in some contexts has got a bad name. Cast your mind back to the 1930s and 40s. OK before I was born but still within the living memory of some. There was something called eugenics, a way of thinking that wanted to clean up the gene pools of various nations. In some countries
Who will help?
I have been trying to plan a new project and I knew that I could not do it alone. I needed some helpers. I asked some of the Christians I knew and they were all too busy. I asked some non-Christians and they said that sounds like a good idea when can we start! I was worried and
The problem with ditching tried and tested ideas
Often we see the downside of something but take the upside for granted. There are few things that do not have both an upside and a downside. It is so easy to compare disadvantages and forget to look at the advantages. What was the old way of thinking? Let’s look at an example that affects
Tax and all that
I am coming to the conclusion that governments around the world are starting to try and expand their reach into other countries. Could this be a sign of desperation. Taxing your own people who are overseas The first thing I heard was stories of people who had never been to the US but were being