Church & Missions
Teenage affluenza
Friday, March 13th, 2009Of our four children, two are teenagers. Even though they were born and spent much of their early childhood in a so called “third-world-country”, today I find them to be quite “westernised”. This while being quite acceptable to us as parents, has it’s inherent attributes which we need to be aware of as seen in [...]
Institutionalised Christianity vs. the Church
Saturday, February 14th, 2009I believe that Institutional churches are important, and will remain important. However, I also realise that it is quite a challenge to be relevant so that they do not become a thing of the past. In order to accomplish this, many of those churches must adapt and not conform to the changing culture around us.
Sky Angel Cowboy
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009A friend emailed this clip to me the other day….. brought tears to my eyes.
“They call him the ‘Sky Angel Cowboy’. Thirteen-year-old Logan Henderson lives on a ranch located in the middle of Nebraska.
Isolated from much of the world - he often listens to KSBJ Christian radio out of Houston, Texas, which he picks up [...]
Lanka Faith Centre
Sunday, November 30th, 2008Just thought I’d post some history (from the Godage family). This video is from 1999 when we were in Sri Lanka establishing a church as a part of Christian City Church International.
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Clergy vs. Laity
Friday, September 5th, 2008One of the many things I have had to change over the years has been my notion of the so called clergy and laity.
While serving in the mission field some years ago, I remember hearing the president of our church movement challenge the idea of “full-time paid pastors”. In fact, he further encouraged his own [...]
Questions?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Our youngest son who just turned 4 seems to have mastered a subtle form of torture by the way he says “but why?” whenever his mother or I ask him to do something particularly unsuited to his extremely strong will. I have now come to understand that this is something kids never actually grow out [...]
Do I go to church…. or…. be the church!
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Mostly due to a change in career I made recently, I have had the opportunity to ponder upon many issues facing life in general, but none so piercingly as finding the balance between self, family, God, church and ministry. How many of us are so busy with the work of the “church” to become [...]
Leadership, servanthood and pragmatism
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Often we equate the title “leader” with “boss” or the “head”. I have witnessed instances where…
The leader knows how to get things done, yet in the process doesn’t know how to treat their people
The leader doesn’t know how to get things done, yet things come together amidst chaos.
But now I’m learning about the leader as [...]
Psalm 23
Friday, September 7th, 2007Click here to listen to My favourite Psalm in Hebrew. (speakers/headphones needed). I somehow think that it sounds more majestic and reassuring in it’s more “original” format. On hearing, there appears to be more than just words and the depth of meaning.
א מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: יְהוָה רֹעִי, לֹא [...]
Give and keep on giving!!!
Monday, August 27th, 2007One of the philosophies which seem to dominate western Christianity is the consumer culture. It is a world of consumption, assertiveness, speed, and fame. In the consumer world it is all about me.
Unless one is prepared to sell a book or an album, perhaps teach a seminar, he or she may not be [...]
Being sincerely wrong!
Monday, August 27th, 2007I once read an account of how a mother, awakened in the dark of night with a sick child gave her what she thought was medicine, but later found the child dead. It was then she realised that what she thought was medicine was in fact poison.
Much of the Christian world seems to be [...]
A very religious nation.
Sunday, August 26th, 2007In the midst of religious diversity in Sri Lanka, it is not uncommon to find some who may be confused as to what religion they follow. Perhaps a contributing factor for the following statistic from the Department of Census and Statistics (adding to a total of 107%).
Distribution of the four major denominations in Sri Lanka.
Buddhism [...]