This week I had the great delight of getting up to date with a podcast series by a TAFES Associate, Luphurise Mawere. She was the leader of a recent Bible study I wrote about too. The podcast is the recording from her weekly program on the radio and the series […]
My TAFES small group has been meeting on Zoom, and this evening we had a guest speaker, Pentecostal Bishop Dr Professor Glorious Shoo who spoke on being a Christian in challenging times. He took as his text 2 Tim 1:7, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but […]
With universities and colleges in Tanzania closed, TAFES has moved its activities online, including its major Discipleship Training School (DTS) at Easter. I have felt so proud to be a part of TAFES and to see the way the staff are encouraging the students. Below I have reproduced, with permission, […]
We are really looking forward to getting back to church in Dar es Salaam, and once again listening to Tanzanian Christian teaching regularly. Here is a recent Facebook post from our church, with the summary of Pastor Dondo’s sermon from Sunday. My first instinct on reading this is to think, […]
I recently wrote about the things apart from family and friends which we will miss about Australia. Here are some non-relationship things we’re looking forward to about Tanzania: Having happier skin. Adelaide really dries out your skin! The little boys pick their noses incessantly because they feel so dry. My […]
Pastor Dondo’s take on the life of faith from the example of Abraham in Hebrews 11 had three elements: willingness to be patient, to be obedient, and to sacrifice everything. Today Pastor Tausi took Abraham as the example of faith once again, this time from Romans 4. He had two metaphors […]
One of Arthur’s colleagues, Eliud is getting married to former TAFES staff member Dorothea next month and he and Arthur have been talking about marriage, specifically, the Christian ideal of unity in marriage. Eliud and Doro have been thinking very carefully about the cultural views they have inherited and whether […]
Meet Jesus at uni 