Our Stories, Mission and Prayers

Our publication keeps you inspired, informed (so you can pray) and helps you understand how to practically live out Christ’s calling with us. Why the name “Te Whāriki”?

Ripples

It’s a well-known poem;  ‘Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; but there's half-a-hundred ripples, circling on and on and on’.    The choices we make have an impact. There have not been many times in my life that I have been...

What happens when caste meets Christ?

What happens when caste meets Christ?

"Lord, first let me go and bury my mother" Bishu is a first generation Christian from a small tribe and his family and his tribe were practicing the major religion. It was through his Physical Education teacher at school that he was first introduced to Gospel message...

Embracing Diversity

Embracing Diversity

“They painted the stone foundation orange,” reported Lincoln with a bemused smile during our ongoing house renovations. As we ventured into the task of supervising the transformation of our new bungalow in this isolated city, we quickly realized that cultural...

Bearing seeds

Bearing seeds

I love avocados. My whole family does. In salad, guacamole, whatever. Unfortunately, we live in South Asia, where they are rare.  But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as was scattered'. 'Thus, the...

Broken Tiles, Restored Hearts

Broken Tiles, Restored Hearts

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us…. 2 Corinthians 4:7-8  “Just that deep aqua blue, please - that’s the colour I need,” I implored the Lord as I combed the streets of our South Asian town. A...

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