A Twilight FAIL… And a better story
Some of our mates noticed Mark Driscoll’s take on Twilight.
Buffy = Bella
Apparently, in a fight between Buffy and Edward Cullen, Buffy would win. That’s because she’s feisty where he’s gloomy. Plus, she’s filmed in warm colours. Obviously that makes her more powerful. *SPOILER ALERT*
Lessons with Emirates
On the plane from Dubai to Dar es Salaam, there was a Tanzanian family sitting a few rows in front of us. It was a Dad, an older woman, possibly his mother, and three young children. The youngest was a little girl, probably about 18 months and she was adorable. […]
The ‘New Tanzania’
One of the most striking things about Tanzania is the incredible poverty of its people. Now, you expect that when you go to Africa – I’d seen enough World Vision appeals that the Tanzanian countryside didn’t shock me, sad though it was. Here’s what was surprising: the scorn expressed by […]
First Bus Trip
This begins a series of reflections on our time in Tanzania. Some of these posts will be stories of what happened (like this one); others will be missiological or cultural reflections; some will be us processing the future possibilities in Tanzania.
Learning from Berlin
This is the last non-Reformation post. It reflects some impressions I had in our first few days in Berlin.
Pre-Reformation Highlights
The Reformation Tour starts tomorrow but I thought I’d write up some of the highlights for me of our trip so far! Trying to work out local vs. Australian time with Arthur. I have no spatial skills and he can’t read analog time so it’s like the blind leading the […]
Meet Jesus at uni 