Unhealthy dependency can be a big issue for mission endeavours. In this episode, Tiago Fonseca interviews Wolfgang Tiedeck and Arjan de Waaij, both staff members at Cornerstone. They share some of their experiences serving overseas and how mission workers should...
Many years ago, God had entered my world through Christ and shaken me free from certain attachments to fear in leading me to Haiti, and then directing me anew to return. I was back home again in the interim period of waiting and working out the next steps, and...
This academic year I was assigned to walk alongside the kids’ club team. Two dedicated students met once a week with a group of kids aged 5-8 to have fun and to learn about God. I would normally meet with the team for prayer before the meeting started. Once they...
It was so good to visit the Bible and theology teaching ministry in the Middle East of which we were an integral part for many years. They celebrated 25 years of existence and had invited us back to join the celebrations. Of course it was great to see old colleagues...
A few days ago I was interviewed by a journalist about my involvement with refugees–we met as a result of a seminar I had given to people who want to help refugees. Among other things we touched on migration and the causes for it. “The world would be a better...
Together with a Muslim scholar I am working on a “Muslim-Christian Comparative Dictionary of Religious Terms”. We recently had an interesting debate on the word “Allah”, which I wanted to translate as “God”. My co-writer...