Crisis, Change and Conflict

In December 2008, Chip Zimmer, Peacemaker Ministries’ Vice President of International Ministries, was invited to give a keynote address for a pastors’ conference in Lima, Peru. The theme of the conference was “Empowered to Pastor in the Midst of the WorldRead more…

The dilemma of post-Communist nations and religious freedom

After two wonderful, yet puzzling, weeks in Romania (my 44th trip since 1990, I’ve been confronted with the paradox of change that is really not change.  The power of the Eastern Orthodox church remains in a “semi-official” context.  Yet, theRead more…

Overcoming The Technological Divide

A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ The technological transformation that Koreans have gone through since the last century is unprecedented in terms of its speed, scale, and scope. My father, born in 1938,Read more…

Get Ready For Sci-Fi Reality

A Response to Al Erisman’s article ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ Al Erisman is absolutely right to note the dramatic effects of emerging technologies and to use Information Technology (IT) as his example. It is the mostRead more…

Orality And Storytelling – Matters Of The Heart

“Why story and storytelling?” Thomas Boomershine asked in his book Story Journey. “Story is a primary language of experience. Telling and listening to a story has the same structure as our experience,” he said. “The episodes of our lives takeRead more…

Orality And Storytelling – Matters Of The Heart

“Why story and storytelling?” Thomas Boomershine asked in his book Story Journey. “Story is a primary language of experience. Telling and listening to a story has the same structure as our experience,” he said. “The episodes of our lives takeRead more…

Truth & Secularity

As we head towards the global consultation in SA, we are being invited to reflect on issues affecting the church, the gospel and truth, particularly as we face a growing secularity in many quarters. Paul Johnson wrote of “the birthRead more…

Truth & Secularity

As we head towards the global consultation in SA, we are being invited to reflect on issues affecting the church, the gospel and truth, particularly as we face a growing secularity in many quarters. Paul Johnson wrote of “the birthRead more…