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Church in the Township

November 7, 2009 South Africa
Photo by Randy OHC @ flickr

After moving into our new place, we had a couple of minor issues that needed the attention of an electrician and a handyman. Fortunately, our letting agency sent over a nice gentleman who is both. He sorted out a broken light socket in the kitchen, and the next week was sent over again to work [...]

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Worshiping in Zulu…or something…

October 23, 2009 South Africa

While Mark and I were back visiting his parents in Bloemfontein, we visited a big church there called CRC (Christian Revival Church). The place was packing out as we arrived for the mid-morning service, and we slotted in sort of to the left of centre in this big building with a huge stage and big [...]

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Does this Church make my butt look big?

October 22, 2009 South Africa
Oh, Church!

After arriving in the country, Mark and I began the difficult task of trying to find a church to call home. It’s really really strange to suddenly feel like you’re “church-hopping” when two months ago we staff members at a church back in Scotland. During our explorations so far, we had a good experience at [...]

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How Can I Keep My Mouth Shut?

September 28, 2009 Baby Photos
Asher

Sunday morning Asher woke up with a sneezy, coughy, chesty cold. (I laugh when I use the term chesty — I first heard it when I went to the doctor with a bad cold for the first time in Scotland. He asked “Are you quite a chesty person?” Having no clue at first what “chesty” [...]

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Clicking Ignore on Facebook OR What Not to Wear

May 20, 2009 Stories
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Matthew 22. Parable of the Wedding Feast. Wow. Praise our amazing God — who saw it fit to speak in parables, so that those who desire to get their hands dirty and wrestle with understanding will find life and encouragement, and truth. Jesus spoke this parable to the chief priests and the Pharisees. It was [...]

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God is Moving in Nepal

May 16, 2009 Scotland

Some friends of mine from church here in Edinburgh were part of a mission trip to Nepal a few weeks ago. They helped make a very special Pastor’s Conference happen and, among other things, also began looking into the possibility of helping with the great and grave issue of human trafficking there. This is especially [...]

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An Investment with Exponential Potential for Return

May 7, 2009 Stories

Weddings are awesome! This past weekend, I celebrated my sister’s wedding. I had the privilege of serving as her matron of honour (can I say maid though? — that just sounds old!) and of organising her bachelorette party, and there were lots of other special moments, where I just rejoiced that God had answered our [...]

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Are YOU cool enough for the Pagans?

April 26, 2009 Stories

I have come across this way way too often lately to overlook it and not give it some thought. A church somewhere puts on a conference, or a worship service, and somehow, the video of that service gets on youtube. Oh no. The people are worshiping by spinning their socks or shoes in the air [...]

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