Category: Vocation
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Four things I love about international travel
Tomorrow I’ll be traveling to join my wife who has spent the last week in Oxford, UK. She’s been participating in the Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford program at Wycliffe Hall. I’ll spend the last three days of her program exploring book shops, pubs, and the town. Then, we’ll spend three days together touring C […]
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You cannot have mission without discipleship
As we engage in mission, it is critical that our minds and hearts be connected God through a life of vital piety.
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The Celtic Way of Evangelism – A Review
George G. Hunter, III. The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West…Again. 10th rev. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2010). 130pp. A single question is central to the mission of the local congregation: how can we translate the gospel message for our context? The answer to this question will have implications for every part […]
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Why I cast a ballot but not a vote
Across social media platforms friends and acquaintances are urging one another to get out and exercise their democratic right to vote. Those who don’t vote, so the popular wisdom goes, have neither the right to complain nor the right to express a political opinion. What’s more, they cheapen the sacrifices of many women and men […]
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Five questions to ask before starting a project
We all want to do things with excellence–in our work, in our relationships, in life. I don’t think any of us is really interested in getting by with the minimum of effort and the minimum return. We may be doing it, but if that’s the case I’m also pretty sure that somewhere deep inside we […]
Jeff Gissing 