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I believe that there are two areas where short term missions are critical for the work of mission. First, short termers help by supporting the ongoing work. Second, short termers bring necessary and unique skills to fill needs on the field. Full time missionary service can sometimes feel a little like Sisyphus pushing his rock...

When darkness comes upon our lives And death’s black shadow clouds our eyes – Our Lord helps us, when news is grim, To fear not, and believe in Him.   Yet sometimes, though we try to pray It seems He tarries on the way, Though faith grows weak, and vision dim, Still fear not, and...

Kea was an early Christian and a monk from a good family who left Glastonbury to work in Devon and Cornwall, where Landkey (Devon) and Kea (Cornwall) bear his name.  He founded several Christian centres in the area before going on to Brittany to become the saint known there as ‘Saint-Quay’.  It seems that Kea...

The Bible Society’s Good News Bible – the Youth Edition – has won Christian Resources Together’s Bible of the year award. The award recognises Bibles that have stood out among the many Bibles available and made an impact on Christians and non-Christians across the country. The Youth Edition contains features such as YouTube videos, space for doodling and journaling, Big...

We owls, we work at night And sleep throughout the day, Our sleep is only light Because of others’ ways! Our hearing is acute We hear a mouse’s rustle What really does not suit Is all this rush and bustle. The cars that roar and beep The neighbour’s motor mower We poor old owls can’t...

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was Britain’s Prime Minister. At the same time, William Temple was Archbishop of Canterbury. While Churchill led the country against Germany, Temple encouraged the British people to trust the Lord for their deliverance and strength. Like Churchill, Temple was a great leader, a gifted orator and a prolific...

Prison Fellowship has a new venture:  it is partnering with a charity, Kintsugi Hope, to offer a course that helps prisoners deal with issues such as anger, depression, shame, and forgiveness. “We’re inspired by the belief that ordinary people can support each other in their brokenness and remind each other of the reality of God’s...

Sharp sounds and bright illuminations Roaring fires and celebrations Incandescent constellations Multichrome disintegrations Festive fireworks and frivolity Jumping Jacks and all such jollity! But, pause between those stellar shows, Perhaps we might remember those Through centuries of”Christian” strife Have lived their faith, and paid their life. Remember too, before you’re done, That Jesus prayed we...

Not many people have heard of Illtud, but perhaps we should make him the patron saint of all Christian NGOs (Non-Government Organisations) who work in emergency and famine relief. Illtud did not set out to be an action hero – he was a gentle and learned abbot heading up a monastery in Glamorgan.  Illtud spent...

Churches in China’s central province of Henan have been forced by the authorities to take down the Ten Commandments and replace them with quotes of President Xi Jinping, according to a recent Bitter Winter report. Every state-registered “three-self” church and meeting venue in one county of Luoyang, a prefecture-level city, received an order to remove the ten Biblical commandments...

All in the month of NOVEMBER How Armistice Day began, 100 years ago 75 years after Monte Cassino, D-Day and Kohima and Imphal Fall of the Berlin Wall – 30 years ago 60 years of the M1 Opioid crisis grows in Britain Is your elderly neighbour starving? Potholes – now deeper than the Grand Canyon...

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”   The early Church Father Tertullian wrote that in the second century, but he could have been writing about Vietnam from 1745 onwards.  For, during the first 200 years of Christianity in Vietnam/Indo-China, a staggering 100,000 Christians are believed to have been martyred for their...