Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Jane Overstreet, on behalf of the Lausanne Leadership Development Working Group, as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “How ToRead more…
We Have A Problem! – But There Is Hope
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Jane Overstreet, on behalf of the Lausanne Leadership Development Working Group, as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “How ToRead more…
The Blessings Of The Other
A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ Samuel Escobar raised one of the main challenges of migration, which is the acceptance of the ’other’—the one different from us. Migrants, as the ’other,’ are often regarded as threatsRead more…
Getting to want
I had an idea for a book. It would describe the practical steps and stumbles of a church that developed partnerships with three churches from other cultures. They would be stories from my personal experience, so the churches would beRead more…
Truth in Human Context
Truth in a Human Context I am very excited about the upcoming Lausanne Capetown 2010 conference in South Africa. It is a key moment in the life of the 21st Century global church. You can follow Capetown on twitter atRead more…
Who Teaches Whom? God Works Through His Word
I was excited. I was testing the Joseph stories with my favorite testing group, ten of the most influential older women in the village. They loved the stories from creation to this point, and they seemed to understand the “mainRead more…
Who Teaches Whom? God Works Through His Word
I was excited. I was testing the Joseph stories with my favorite testing group, ten of the most influential older women in the village. They loved the stories from creation to this point, and they seemed to understand the “mainRead more…
Children? Look Again!
I am sure you have seen those interesting commercials of a famous bank. Same pictures can take on different meanings. You may think the meanings contradict each other. And yet, depending on who looks at the picture, the images canRead more…
Children? Look Again!
I am sure you have seen those interesting commercials of a famous bank. Same pictures can take on different meanings. You may think the meanings contradict each other. And yet, depending on who looks at the picture, the images canRead more…
A Plea for Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims
I have never really understood why some people look at dialogue and mission in terms of either/or. Evangelical Christians in particular (whose theology I share) have shown an unwarranted suspicion for dialogue simply because it has been used by someRead more…