Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Teaching Matters
Recently my husband and I visited Berlin. I grew up at the inner-German border with the fence in view that separated us from a substantial part of the German people, among them some of my mother’s relatives. So, being able to walk the Eastern part of Berlin...
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters
If we keep our eyes open when we walk through our towns and cities we will see many people from foreign countries speaking languages we don’t understand. How can we communicate with them? How can we share the gospel? Recently my wife and I invited an Iranian man for...
Cornerstone Life Matters, Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters
The Sallies came as missionary speakers on Monday, minus the tambourines! Honestly, when I am asked what first comes to mind when I hear the name “Salvation Army,” my mind just jumps to tambourines. Talk about associations… Luckily someone else opened their mouth...
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Teaching Matters
Migration and integration are hot issues all over Europe. At a prayer consultation with migrant pastors we met people who were flabbergasted by the fact that those countries who formerly sent missionaries to their home lands have now become mission fields themselves....
Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Uncategorized
The writers and cartoonists of radically secular satirical French magazine are brutally murdered by Muslim extremists because they published cartoons of Muhammed. The magazine responds by publishing a cartoon of Muhammed in tears, pardoning the killers. This results...
Cornerstone Life Matters, Culture Matters, Mission REALLY Matters, Personnel Matters
Once a week, on Tuesdays, I do not work in Cornerstone but volunteer to give German lessons to a group of immigrant ladies. (With Cornerstone being so close to the German border and with my family actually living in Germany, this is possible.) Some of these ladies...