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the whirlwind of sights and activities is a continuing delight. I foxtrotted through 10 days in Cape Town, South Africa as through a delightful, fleeting dream. As a participant (and reporter) at the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, I…Read More→
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“I fear the raised eyebrow almost more than I fear the raised fist,” he said. It was a startling admission from a veteran Christian leader who lives in a place where his faith is unwelcome and expressing it publicly is…Read More→
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Amber is a North American woman who now lives with a Muslim family in a remote culture. She learned the language and began to put some basic Bible stories into the local vernacular, and for the first time the women…Read More→
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Undercurrents of discontent are swirling amidst the remarkable unity that characterizes the mainstream of Cape Town 2010, the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. There’s been a lot of unity talk all week. In fact, it’s one of the major…Read More→
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Nearly 100 Canadians are attending Cape Town 2010, the third major Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Half of us are official “participants” and the remainder serve in a variety of leadership and support roles. We’ve come to South Africa to…Read More→
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Confession (or explanation) I’m a morning person who finds it hard to pay attention in afternoon meetings. While I’ve already hit today’s saturation point (at least until this evening), the work of the Congress does continue. There’s stuff going on…Read More→
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Guinness a little hard to swallow It’s shortly after seven o’clock on Wednesday morning in Cape Town, South Africa. I’m walking down the already bustling street headed for a breakfast spot and a steaming Americano. “Hey, Doug,” I hear. It’s…Read More→
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It’s shortly after seven o’clock on Wednesday morning in Cape Town, South Africa. I’m walking down the already bustling street headed for a breakfast spot and a steaming Americano. “Hey, Doug,” I hear. It’s a fellow Canadian on his diligent…Read More→
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The congress has been plagued by Internet problems. In the pressroom and for thousands of participants, not being able to file stories or receive emails from home is a frustrating inconvenience. Muttering abounded. More importantly, it was impossible to serve…Read More→
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MONTREAL, QC—It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. For ecumenists, that is—people who work intentionally at establishing visible forms of Christian unity. The ecumenical movement did not exist 100 years ago when Christianity was the…Read More→