Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
This sign was right across from the Church of the Nativity. As usual, Bethlehem is ground zero for where the dragon makes war with the lamb, for hope & history to war with one another. As usual, tension in the air..As usual, Palestinian Christians are getting...
Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The hopes & fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” In the grotto of the Church of the Nativity, at the spot where Mary is said to have laid Jesus in the manger.I was last here in 2006, & my experiences could not have been more different. 11...
Dec 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Advent 2017‘The Tao’ of AdventFOLLOWING ‘THE WAY’ Tao means The Way. It can be used to mean the “natural law”, or the WAY of right and wrong that everyone knows, more or less—not just Christians. It is basic truth that has been revealed to everybody, not just...
Dec 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have been closely following the European refugee crisis due in part to my regular teaching of mission courses in the UK and around the world. Two years ago I visited the refugee camps in Calais, France, where I met refugees from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan,...
