The Gates of Vienna
When an invitation came recently to address an ecumenical gathering in Vienna on how to respond to radical Islam, a huge painting I had seen this summer in the Vatican came to mind. The canvas showed the Polish King Sobieski…
The Next Wave
Imagine following in Paul's footsteps, sailing on a mediterranean adventure, evangelising and planting churches in each port of call-but without the riots, floggings and shipwrecks! This dream of Marine Reach-YWAM's maritime ministry-is now becoming reality. The 42-metre ketch, t/s Elida…
Huge New Mission Field
A major shift in missions thinking is needed for effective engagement with an unreached people group numbering millions in Europe and other western nations, according to a Lausanne network task force which met last month in Hong Kong. Ole Skjerbaek…
Shaping the future
Can sacred writings over two thousand years old really shed light on the questions many politicians are asking today about Europe's future? Most definitely, say a group of academics who will address the upcoming Cambridge Winter School, 2-5 January 2007.…
What’s puzzling me?
Another Halloween/All Souls Day/Reformers Day has come and gone - and I'm puzzled! A front-page article in our newspaper covered rituals in Amsterdam commemorating the dead, complete with letters to the deceased fluttering from branches in the moonlight. These events…
