A Response to Scott Sabin’s ‘Whole Earth Evangelism’ While I don’t disagree with Scott Sabin’s thoughts, I am uncomfortable with “piling on more doom and gloom.” True, the average North American is disconnected from the environment, and that disconnect hasRead more…
Ecology, the New Opium of the People
A Response to Scott Sabin’s ‘Whole Earth Evangelism’ Scott Sabin rightly mentioned the heartbreaking situation of Haiti. In video images of the recent tragic earthquake, we saw a striking contrast between the denuded wilderness of the west side of theRead more…
Cold Water in Jesus’ Name
On a precarious slope, Etienne digs into the dusty soil with a small hoe, planting beans in hope of the rains. In recent years these rains have become unpredictable. Miles away, his wife is returning from the forest, a bundleRead 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…
Technologies Are Not Just Tools
A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ Technology is a label for all kinds of things humans create. Some are material, such as machines of various sorts. Others are procedural, such as organizational approaches.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…
The Face-To-Face Gospel And The Death Of Distance
Missionaries study the culture of the people they serve. Al Erisman says we need to look deliberately at the digital culture, in which we now live. Interview by Tim Stafford [Introduction] Technology is swiftly and unpredictably changing our lives andRead more…
The Prophetic Migrant
A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ Samuel Escobar offers three challenges to the church in his essay on migration: the challenge to show compassion toward migrants, the need to take a prophetic stance against unjust treatment ofRead more…