A 2020 look at mission

'We should probably sign off there – thanks for giving up some time to chat!' With my mouse-pointer hovering over ‘end meeting’ Jirka suddenly piped …

What did online church reveal about us?

Since March we've all been sharing in the strange phenomenon of online church. Attending church was suddenly dependent on IT equipment, Wi-Fi connections, performance skills and movie …

A window of opportunity

Lockdown in Rwanda meant that Sunday schools up and down the country had to stop. But we didn’t want kids to stop learning about God from the Bible …

Thinking outside the box

Sarah moved to Cape Town just weeks before lockdown began. She is an arts psychotherapist and plans to use her creative and professional skills to help vulnerable women and children …

A song for the harvest

Perhaps 2020 has sown seeds of doubt in your mind about God’s plan for the world. We have often asked, ‘Lord, what are you doing?’ Within …

A word in season

I was recently out walking with friends when we crossed a barley field. I found myself ambling at the back with an eight-year-old boy absorbed by the ripened …

An evangelism failure?

I met Martin last year. We were attempting to connect with the neighbourhood and so launched a series of talks. The introductory talk was called ‘The Bible from A …

The fatherless generation

Moldova has one of the highest rates of divorce globally. It also has the highest rate of labour migration, with 45% of the population working abroad. The result is that …

Why run summer camps?

During lockdown my wife and I cleared out the greenhouse at the bottom of the garden. Over the past number of years it has become a home for weeds, tall …