These photos have been sent overnight by one of our Partners, Rowan Butler. Rowan works in the marketing & communications team of the International Nepal Fellowship (INF). Please take a moment to pray through these photos for the people of Nepal. For more information on the earthquake, please see Earthquake in Nepal. Rowan writes: Firstly, I’m […]
What is your image of who you are? What shapes your self-image? Our self-image often ends up being a bit skewed- one sided. I don’t know about you, but I often tend to focus on my sinfulness. And if we are honest, who in the human race is not a sinner? But, what we tend to forget is that as believers, […]
Our Interserve Partners work in restricted access areas. We call these areas The Hard Places. This is because there is a degree of opposition to biblical faith and to Jesus’ followers in these areas. I encountered this opposition. Though most people were kind and incredibly hospitable, a minority viewed me with a bit of hostility. There […]
The news over the past few weeks has been exceptionally tragic. We had the tragic downing of the Malaysian Airlines jet (MH17), the brutal conflict in eastern Ukraine, horrific attacks by the Boko Haram in Nigeria, the exodus of the Christians in Mosul, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. And this is not all! I have been studying the book […]
I get asked a lot what it is like to return to the US after living overseas for so many years. They are wondering if I have any culture shock in coming back. The truth is: I do. One thing that shocks me is the acerbic nature of how some followers of Jesus interact with […]
In his book, Change Across Cultures, Bruce Bradshaw writes: The Church’s outreach in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in the planting of churches around the world. It was less successful, however, in transforming the societies in which people lived. Poverty, injustice, corruption, violence, and oppression continued unchecked in much of the world, despite the growth […]
Those who walk with God through life discover one incredible truth. Ordinary people end up doing extraordinary things. Think about it. Abraham and Sarah were in their 70s and they had no children. In following the Lord they helped shaped the course of human history. Not bad for an elderly couple who couldn’t have children. […]
Embedding ourselves among the people we seek to serve is a core value of Interserve. This is because Jesus’ incarnation shapes our lives. Jesus became one of us. He entered our world, joined himself to a specific group of people, spoke their language, and thought their thoughts. He invites us to go in like manner […]
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 When we prepare for going […]
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 There is a high degree of romance associated with doing something new and adventurous. When I responded to what God was doing in my heart, I was excited about entering a new culture and experiencing a completely different context. In theory, I had […]
