Recently, one of our supporting churches in the United States sent me a list of questions aimed at understanding our ministry in Wales more fully. After reflecting on my answers, I thought that others might be interested to read some of them and so I plan to post those here (slightly edited for a more [...]
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Posted 30 August 2008
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Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Ministry Updates § Missions § United Kingdom § Wales
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Tagged: biblical church planting, British vs American, Christian bookshop, church development worker, church leadership team, church planting strategy, clash of culture, cross-cultural evangelism, discipeship, Grace Church Planting Ministries, ministry internship, missional strategy, NAMB, North American Mission Board, Pontypridd, relational evangelism, SBC, short term mission teams, small group ministry, South Wales Valleys, Southern Baptist, Welsh evangelicals
Yesterday morning I phoned my doctor to see if he would be willing to continue my antibiotics for a recurring tooth infection that’s still giving me trouble. He asked if there was anything else I needed, so I told him I could use some more ibuprofen for the pain. So my wife stopped by the [...]
Recently, one of our supporting churches in the United States sent me a list of questions aimed at understanding our ministry in Wales more fully. After reflecting on my answers, I thought that others might be interested to read some of them and so I plan to post those here (slightly edited for a more [...]
Okay, I realize this may not make the headlines in the United States, but it’s big news for American peanut butter fans living in the UK! For decades, American ex-pats have experienced a famine of certain “comfort foods” when living abroad; and our British friends look with horror when we talk about eating peanut butter [...]
This morning my wife and I drove into Cardiff for my doctor’s appointment at the University of Wales Hospital. After waiting an hour past my appointment time, I was a little cranky from the pain: a large cyst in my jaw was found nearly a month ago when my local dentist could not find anything [...]
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Posted 28 July 2008
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Christian life § Daily Scribe § Missions
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Tagged: asylum seekers, Christianity, doctor's appointment, missional life, missional living, Muslim, National Health Service, NHS, postmodernity, UK, United Kingdom, waiting room
Yesterday I gave one of the shortest speeches of my life, but it seemed like the longest and it turned me inside out. My youngest daughter got married and, here in Britain, it’s customary for the father of the bride to give a speech extolling the virtues of his daughter and welcoming the groom into [...]
