Arthur and I have sought to operate in Tanzania as people who are slow to speak and quick to listen. Convinced that God is at work among His people here, we try to undo our assumptions that we know better. Arthur’s role at TAFES is a coaching one: it’s all […]
We’ve been discussing TB Joshua on and off for weeks, but thus far I’d mainly been listening and asking questions. They had obviously picked up that I was not enthusiastic about him, but I haven’t actually said why. But this week I decided to take the plunge, and what it […]
Those of us who live in a culture other than our own often talk about ‘cross-cultural tensions’ and it looms large for us as the stuff and stress of everyday life. However, I suspect it sounds kind of vague and wishy-washy to your average Joe. So I thought I’d give […]
I was fined for speeding on our way to Iringa for Go Conference. I wasn’t speeding. I knew I was in a 50 zone and I was watching the speedo carefully. I was so surprised to be pulled over that I even asked the guy holding the speed gun if […]
This Sunday at church I was struck by how fear/power language permeated everything. (I wrote recently on the fear/power cultural paradigm, and we’ve previously written on it referring to it as animism, and with reference to the prosperity gospel.) In the children’s program… great attention was given to scripture memorisation. Last week’s […]
