When a black cat crosses your path…

Maurizio Sarri, the manager of the Naples football team, was recently late for a training session. The players began warming up but, half an hour into the session, he still …

Living in a foreign land

We have been here for almost three years and yet each day there are constant reminders that we don’t belong. The food we eat, the accents we have …

There's no place like home

Growing up, the classic musical fairytale film The Wizard of Oz was a real favourite of mine. I especially loved the famous final scene where Dorothy, desperate to get out …

Reading without assuming

Preunderstanding is the same as presuppositions or preconceptions: they are the cultural assumptions that we make about people or places - or passages of scripture. Take Genesis 2:24: ‘a …

Pastor training in Myanmar

Earlier this year, a Crosslinks School of Biblical Training took place in Myanmar. Men and women from across the country gathered together to learn skills for preaching and teaching the …

Pray as you go

Do you pay for your mobile device by contract? Lots of us do, but the model of ‘pay as you go’ still appeals. It offers flexibility without a …