Blonde Roots is a remarkable book. That should be reason enough to check it out – but of course, most will need more than that to go on. I spotted a Saturday supplement review of it and so picked it…
How do you make a concrete jungle less foreboding? Well you cover it up of course. Tirana is in some ways an artificial capital. Not long after Albanian independence from the Ottoman empire, the capital was moved in the 1920s…
Yesterday, I was involved in a great day organised by Krish Kandiah at the Evangelical Alliance, called GodBlogs. Fantastic - and great fun to meet other bloggers face to face. Krish asked me to give an introductory overview to blogging…
We had our annual World Needs Sunday last Sunday (21st Sept) - one of our 2 annual gift days at All Souls when we ask for lots of money so that we can give it ALL away! And each year…
So I'm back in Albania for the 3rd visit, but this time, we're just 7 in a hotel on the outskirts of Tirana. The idea is to train up a number of folks who can help to pass on some…
All preachers need role models to learn from... Look and learn. Note the following: the confidence to 'own' the whole of the stage by walking its length the ability to engage with all corners of the audience the ability to…
Saturday saw us celebrate Joshua's 10th Birthday - which was very jolly indeed. Several of his school friends came for fun and games - a right laugh. But la pièce de résistance (apart, of course, from the magnificent Dalek birthday…
My previous post generated some discussion on and offline, which is great. But I suspect that a few more comments are in order. I'm not here to defend or attack the book, per se - it can stand on its…
How on earth do you articulate what it is like to know God? I'm not just referring to knowledge about God - but knowledge of God. And I mean, really articulate it? Preachers are quick to remind us it's all…
No one else could have done it with such aplomb. Boris Johnson's performance as major of the new host city at the closing ceremony of Beijing 2008 was second to none. A stadium full of the world - everyone dressed…
Hi all You'll have noticed a decidedly decreased rate of posting in recent weeks - has been manic - had 10 talks at our All Souls week away (which finished yesterday), 6 of which were new - so it has…
Went to see Wall-E on Saturday with the kids - bizarrely we went in the morning as we were expecting folks to come in the afternoon and it was raining, and we'd promised we'd go (it all felt a bit…