The ordinary work of life
“It’s about anchoring yourself in God, and living out that relationship.”
Nurture and hospitality
"How on earth could we come alongside people with stories like these, and stand with them in appropriate ways? Even though we knew something about being foreigners and strangers, we were beginners in working with displaced people."
Of Cars and Karma
A Buddhist friend in Australia asked for my help in buying a used car. He was frustrated after several unsuccessful attempts, disappointed and baffled by the experience; after all, he had done nothing particularly bad in his life. For a Buddhist, the law of karma means that bad deeds result in bad consequences, so why him?
The Runner
Doing business, doing life
It piqued our interest that our city is known for being a ‘business’ city.
Under the Fig Tree
I hear whispers about people who care...
Mentoring refugee students
God, what are you doing?
What once filled a family home, now filled only ten plastic crates and two suitcases.
An ongoing creation
I yearn for a fruitful life, where I know my purpose and can see God working through me in tangible ways. The problem is that my life doesn’t exactly look like that at the moment. Right now I don’t ‘do’ very much at all.
God at work
“You know, when I came here, I was a confirmed atheist. But now I’ve decided to follow Jesus.”
In a temporary place
Speaking and sharing with some of these asylum seekers, we realised the there were common questions we all shared about our lives. We were all in a temporary place, wondering about our and our children's futures.
Working beside men
The best place to be
Can you imagine being woken up by the orchestral sounds of birds, indigenous music and singing, and fervent prayers at 5am every morning? I lay on a hard wooden bed in a simple hut in rural Asia and was deeply touched by the presence of God.
Contextualisation or syncretism?
“It was their church that was at the brink of being birthed, and they must come up with their own contextualised way of conducting baptisms.”
You came back!
“You came back, from your safe country to this scary situation?”
Roses in the wasteland
In a time of upheaval, God is bringing transformation to the lives of those in Southeast Asia.
The unlikely missionary
"For the longest time, I was pretty set on not being a missionary. Scud missiles in the Arab Gulf, tanks rolling across Tiananmen Square, and planes crashing through American skyscrapers... I resolved fairly early in life that I was going to stay put."
Expedition to the Middle East
"As I flew into Jordan and looked out at the desert and the now-dry streams, I thought of the words of Isaiah 41:18 and I imagined God pouring fresh rain in the desert and seeing all of those riverbeds flowing with water. Even more than that, I imagined God pouring out His love to the people of this land."
What did you see God doing?
Expect the unexpected
She’d come out of her delirium in response to prayer. We rejoiced together in God’s goodness and power!
