This coming Wednesday night, at nine minutes past eleven, our planet will begin to tilt in the opposite direction, moving the northern hemisphere away from the sun. For us in Europe, this is the summer solstice. Down under, it is…
Modern economics has become a zombie, a body detached from the soul which gave it life, argues Tomas Sedlácek, former economic advisor to Vaclav Havel. A zombie works efficiently, he explains, but without compassion, tenderness or understanding. The result is…
Last weekend in Zwolle, a short drive from my home in Holland, an ambitious programme was presented in several historic church buildings across the inner city to explore the relevance of the Modern Devotion movement of the 15th century for…
Sorry, no Weekly Word this week – we’re celebrating my wife’s 65th birthday at her ‘I’m not going to retire’ party in Italy with family and close friends from Oceania, Africa, Asia, America and across Europe. But since one picture…
As I sit on the deck of the Next Wave, the 42 metre training and evangelism ketch operated by YWAM Marine Reach, I think about the significant role boats played in the Bible. The Ark, which became the vessel for…
