Jogging our memories
13 sept 2010 Now and then we need our memories jogged as to how our western society was formed. Where did our norms and values actually come from? Why we do things the way we do? Why do we have…
Castles or bridges?
6 september 2010 We live in a changing world, for better or worse. Muslim neighbours are here to stay in most of our European countries, whatever colour of governments we or others vote in. The world is shrinking due to…
Jesus and the Qur’an
30 aug 2010 Most of us would be surprised to learn that the Qur’an speaks of Jesus as ‘the Messiah’, as ‘the Word of God’ and as ‘a Word from God’. Yet ignorance among both Christians and Muslims creates cultural…
Suffering: ‘door of opportunity’
Tom and Libby Little came to Heidebeek in the late 1970’s to attend one of our first Discipleship Training Schools. Since then they spent 32 years in war-torn Afghanistan working in medical programmes. They stayed through the Russian invasion and…
How ‘religious’ are Europe’s Muslims?
16 aug 2010 Across Europe this month, Muslims are celebrating the annual feast of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting from dawn to dusk. Meanwhile, many of us are confused as to how to respond to what is commonly seen…
