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Ramadan: For Women
Ramadan has come back round with its pretty flags and bizarre working hours. It is also a time to learn, every year I learn more about my Muslim friends
Middle East
A Piece of the Puzzle- Relieved to find that I still fit
Last weekend my sending church in the UK brought me back as a guest for their annual missions conference. I hadn’t left my host country in over 2.5 years, and
Being Part of a Collective: Singleness Marriage and Family. Part 3: Singles Support and Sending
In Parts 1&2, Hayat shared some of her experiences as a single female living in an Arabic speaking part of the world, then shared some wisdom from Romans 12 on
Being Part of a Collective: Singleness Marriage and Family. Part 2: Belonging to each other
One family here have taken me in and consider me to be one of theirs. I’m expected to celebrate Eids with them, to come over for iftar (the daily breaking
Being Part of a Collective: Singleness Marriage and Family. Part 1: Being Single in the Arabic Speaking World
One of my favourite things about the Arabic speaking world is the high value placed on hospitality and the extended family. Living in this part of the world, it is
Hard Stories: Processing Devastation in Poetry
First posted on middleeastnews.org.uk, a blog contributed to by westerners commentating on living life in the Middle East. Follow their blog for interesting stories, poetry, recipes and applied theology. There
Sea of Galilee: Part 2
Now, lets go forwards in time to Jesus. Jesus went to live in the region of Galilee. Matthew tells us that this was, “to fulfill what was said
Sea of Galilee: Part 1
People of the Middle East love word plays. We use rhyming phrases all the time, for example: Kul Franji Branji = which means “Everyone foreign is exciting.” Late night conversations
Location, Location, Location
We moved apartments at the beginning of December, partly because (due to the economic situation here) our rent had got very expensive, but also because we’d found that local friends
Christian Living
An Ordinary Multitude – Reflections on Unreached21
“We are never going to see a world saved with an extraordinary few, we are going to see a world saved with an ordinary multitude.” This is a quote from
Christian Living
I just can’t do it anymore
An honest account of a church-planter who came to the end of herself and why it was just what she needed Pulling my mask aside to sip my coffee, and
Christian Living
Jacob “The Patchwork Man” Baradaeus
I’m really enjoying Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia, and am struck by this paragraph summarising Jacob Baradaeus (Yaqub al-Barada’i) and his extraordinary church-planting impact. Here’s the paragraph: “Jacob never
Justice
The Bethlehem Story: Mission and Justice in the Margins of the World, by Andy McCullough
Andy McCullough’s new book is coming out soon. Below is a sample from the story of Rahab. Jericho. One of the oldest cities in the world. City of palms, where
Bible
The good shepherd
One of our friends in the Middle East was in the mountains last week and bumped into a shepherd. They had a chat about the Parable of the Good Shepherd
Middle East
A Turkish Resurrection Song
Here’s a Turkish Resurrection Song from Yaşam Kilisesi, “Life Church” in Istanbul. The song is called Dirildin, “You Rose.” It’s part of a 2015 Easter album called Diriliş Ezgileri, “Resurrection
Bible
Moses: Envy
This is part four of a series of blog posts on Moses. “And I will give this people favour in the eye of the Egyptians; and when you go, you