On the weekend I had the privilege of witnessing the 31st AGM of TAFES Tanzania and its second national Leadership Training Seminar. TAFES is a Christian organisation working with Tanzanian university and college campuses. The Tanzanian higher education sector had 259,266 students enrolled for the 2020-21 academic year, with about […]
A local church here in Dar posted an explanation (in English) about why Good Friday is called good. Their answer was that it is good because his death leads to a resurrection, so in the end it is good news. They mention that his suffering was for our salvation but […]
The first three months of the year really do suck. Our birthday followed by the anniversary of Red Twin’s death in quick succession. I do not have a plan for Tuesday. It’s not disorganisation. I’ve known the date was coming. It’s hard not to. Apart from the fact 22 March […]
Dear Red Twin I’m 39 tomorrow. You’ll always be 35 I guess. I keep thinking I’ll stumble onto a way where I’ll feel OK about my/our birthday but here we are at no.4 and I’m at a loss again. I don’t sleep, I don’t want to see anyone, I don’t […]
The days after Christmas sometimes feel like a sigh of relief. All the preparations are over, the events catered for, the presents unwrapped. In Australia it means now the summer holidays really begin. As a child, though, I remember feeling a bit let down the day after Christmas. After all, […]
We received the sad news this morning that the senior pastor at our church when we were downtown died very suddenly. It was a big church and I did not know him personally but I learned a great deal from Pastor Ranwell and am thankful for his ministry. One sermon […]
As part of TAFES Go Conference I recently ran a webinar on ‘Engaging the whole campus’. A ministry like TAFES is focused on students, yet students are part of a specific place, the campus. What if that place has its own significance, and the significance of students is connected with […]
Meet Jesus at uni 