What does it mean to serve the university as the university? We must do more than create church outposts on campus — but how? As the conversation continues, here are two important resources. The first video features Vinoth Ramachandra visualising the need on a whiteboard. He touches on evangelism; the […]
So, we got some things wrong about student ministry in Tanzania, but a number of things we said during our pre-departure deputation in Australia have been confirmed. For example: We said that we would be joining in with what God is already doing here, rather than pioneering something new. At […]
You know when you watch an TV show that’s about some crisis in a foreign country and the CIA director or the American president asks, ‘how good’s our intel?’ It’s a good question, because what you hear or assume and the reality on the ground can be quite different. During […]
Whenever I breastfeed Elliot around Tanzanians, they comment on it. Without fail. They don’t generally ask questions, but they just say, ‘Ooh, breastfeeding!’ or ‘I see you are breastfeeding him’. At first I thought it was just because he is twice the size of Tanzanian kids his age, so he’s […]
I got a flood of book recommendations when I asked for some on Facebook early in the new year. I’ve read a few and here are the reviews so far!
When I started my undergrad Arts degree in 2001 at the University of Adelaide, I hadn’t thought much about how my study and my faith went together beyond working in all things as if for Christ and being ready to give an answer in whatever situations arose. I had never […]
I recently had the opportunity to reflect on our first year in Dodoma in a series of vignettes for Eternity. Becoming Neighbours Partners at University Learning and Legacy Here are some other posts that reflect some of the learning and thinking we’ve done over this year. On Prosperity, Tanzanian Christianity […]
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