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…