Flooding Crisis in Malawi: Update 3
Some stats on the crisis and thoughts on ways to make helpful donations Continue reading Flooding Crisis in Malawi: Update 3
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Flooding Crisis in Malawi: Update 2
An update from Malawi about the flooding crisis Continue reading Flooding Crisis in Malawi: Update 2
Longer Reads – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Contrasting the hope of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with the Comic Relief images is an illuminating comparison. Take a look Continue reading Longer Reads – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Through the Eyes of My Children
Experiencing living in Malawi through Canadian children’s eyes Continue reading Through the Eyes of My Children
Longer Reads – Middle Class vs Poor
Poverty in Malawi is on an whole other level than in North America but this summary of a Twitter thread outlining the experience of poverty from the perspective of the poor is enlightening. This is a kind of ethnography that illuminates the lived experience of something. The Difference Between Being Middle Class and Poor Continue reading Longer Reads – Middle Class vs Poor
Making Gifts that Change Zomba Theological College
Thanks! How did the Christmas gift giving go? I’m pleased to say that a number of people who heard my appeal responded (IMMA09). They gave gifts to Zomba Theological College (ZTC) and Theological Education by Extension Malawi (TEEM). Thanks to those who gave. Two folks who regularly give each other Christmas gifts gave each other … Continue reading Making Gifts that Change Zomba Theological College
Everyday Someone Asks Me For Money Part 2
I don’t mind asking people for money for things that I believe in. Like the Gifts of Change that the Presbyterian Church in Canada promotes at this time of year. Specifically, I’d love if people equipped classrooms for Christian pastors and leaders. I’d settle for people giving to anything that had Malawi involved. But I … Continue reading Everyday Someone Asks Me For Money Part 2
Everyday Someone Asks Me For Money. Today It’s Me.
I’m going to get back to the Leaving Season posts (1 and 2) after Christmas. Too many words and too many thoughts that putting them down has proven more complicated than I anticipated. I would also love to keep commenting on missiology and John Chau but I am resisting that urge for now. Gifts of … Continue reading Everyday Someone Asks Me For Money. Today It’s Me.
Not That Kind of Missionary
This past week a “missionary” named David Chau was “martyred” on small islands in the Indian Ocean. I don’t know much about Chau, but I do know that people are criticizing all missionaries based on perceptions of his motivations, methods, and theology. Kaitlin Courtice’s comments are spot on but many others are less deep or … Continue reading Not That Kind of Missionary
Longer Reads – the Prosperity Gospel and Preaching
This blog post came up today and it was very apropos because yesterday I also preached about discipleship and the prosperity Gospel. One of the things that strikes me is that she is making nuanced differentiations based on a careful reading of both context, in her case Tanzania, and Gospel. This kind of nuance is … Continue reading Longer Reads – the Prosperity Gospel and Preaching
Missional-aries 