I began this series on ‘Christianity: a missionary religion’ in the lead-up to Mission Fest (February 15 – 17), both to remind people it was coming and to offer some insights into our rich missionary history and some of the issues…
At the end of last year I posted an article about the abundant crop of books written by local authors. I was surprised that I found 15 to write about and had some left over. I am amazed, as I…
When I surrendered to Christ unconditionally many years ago, the first book I read, after the Bible, was Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship. It has shaped me to this day. Bonhoeffer writes: “When Jesus calls a man (or woman) to follow,…