Our Resurrected Saviour
‘The invisible yet overpowering scent of weed invaded my kitchen, and I knew that Afnan* and his friends were at their post, slouching and coughing on the crumbling wall nearby. A bright-eyed, younger Afnan came to every church event until...
Christmas Reflection 2021
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14, ESV) The great mystery of Christmas – the birth of a vulnerable, helpless infant – was the...
A Journey of discovery
Five pairs of eyes watched us in silence. Five daughters half-hidden in the furtive darkness of the ramshackle bamboo hut. They probably had never seen foreigners before. Our clipped, studied pronunciation of the national language was probably an alien tongue to them....
Serving in a Global Community
AN ARCHBISHOP IN AFGHANISTAN A Global Church Did you know that Christianity was thriving in Yemen long before it arrived in the UK? That there was an archbishop in Afghanistan long before there was one in Canterbury? That there were flourishing churches in Ethiopia...