This year I am celebrating my silver wedding anniversary ... Just for something to do I have begun to sketch all the houses we have lived in during that time. So here is house number #3 On our return to the UK we were faced with the question that faces all people in transition, what next? For us, we were encouraged by our friends to investigate further training and opted to spend a year with Kerygma ministries. We joined with a group of some 20 other people from various different cultures and backgrounds to join the ministry led by Dr Bob Gordon, based at Drayton Hall near Norwich. We spent one year here, between September 1993 and July 1994. Significant events that took place here included: Suffered reverse culture shock, as I grappled with the transition from life in a mudhut in Africa to life in the UK in a Manor House! (Struggled with the amount of money being spent on a sign that was being placed outside ...
A collection of thoughts as I wander through life as a Christian, Husband, Father of four and Missions Director. Try to limit posts to 500 words to make them as accessible as possible.
"A quality enhanced by death" - hmmmm, that's a challenging concept. It makes me wonder what would be enhanced in my life by death? How driven by eternity am I really? Was reading Luke 12:35-38 today - the big point here is that it will never be at a time when we expect it (the Lord returning) and death itself may also be like a thief in the night. Is what I am living for right now going to be enhanced when I die or Jesus splits the sky? Good question!
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