What still needs to be addressed at Capetown 2010

Highlights of the event I think the highlights of the plenary parts of the conference  have been: a)     The Testimony of the 18 year old girl from China who told her powerful story of losing both her mother (to cancer)Read more…

Influencing Religious Leaders for Change

Here is a question I am grappling with in two very specific health contexts, but which I think has a wider mission implication. In many societies the status of women in very low, and very often this is either partiallyRead more…

Speaking truth – scattering darkness

Part of the power of contemporary secularism is that it feels like a modern faith meta-narrative that provides an answer to all other faith perspectives.  According to Paul’s devastating analysis, truth is the only remedy to futile thinking, darkened understandingRead more…

Man shall not live by bread alone.

In Matthew 4:4 our Lord made a simple statement which brings before us the imortance of the Scriptures in our lives as Christians.  “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouthRead more…

‘All things’ means all things

The ‘Reflections of the Lausanne Theology Working Group 2010’ provide an excellent foundation for thinking biblically about our responsibility to care for God’s Creation: ’God has reconciled all things in heaven and earth to himself through the blood of hisRead more…