“Daddy, I’m packing my bags” our six-year-old daughter announced on 14 July 2012. “Where are you going?” I asked her. She replied matter-of-factly: “To the other side of the world to tell people about Jesus.” My daughter’s missionary zeal that evening was brought on by last year’s Gen12 - a...
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5 signs of an evangelical
These days it seems that being ‘evangelical’ is back in vogue. But what exactly does that mean? Everyone wants to claim it, to the point that now many Christians from a broad range of theological backgrounds and beliefs label themselves by it, and it often seems to have different connotations...
The perfect family
When my wife and I started having kids I thought, ‘Right, I’ll only let them see the good side of me.’ Well, it hasn’t worked. I just can’t keep it up. They’re around me too much. Maybe if they only saw me once a week I could pull it off....
Opportunity knocks on 21/06/13
This week's top ten ministry work opportunities include being a graphic designer in Nepal, a pastor at a Chinese church in Sydney, a finance officer in Switzerland and a church-planter in Portugal...
All you need is love?
A popular phrase that is currently high on my ‘makes me want to punch a wall’ list is: “I don’t have to like them, I just have to love them.” This is the attitude of many people when it comes to their fellow Christians. But I would love nothing more...