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California Wine History

angelinasophialouise wrote 1 month ago: CALIFORNIA WINE HISTORY California was first introduced to the grape vine in the 18th century when t … more →

Tags: wine grapes, winetasting, centracoastcalifornia, Wine, California, History, San Luis Obispo mission, Prohibition

dmcnamee wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday we had a phone call from Bro. Mike Higgins, the Pacific Area Family History Support Manage … more →

Tags: Preparation

dmcnamee wrote 2 months ago:                                              Won’t you miss your grandkids? If we are going to get r … more →

Tags: Preparation

The Collapse of Our Narrative: What is Christianity, Part II

InTransit wrote 2 months ago: I was on a hike around a local lake with my daughter last week when she suddenly became philosophica … more →

Tags: Cultural Reflection, church, mission, Modernity, Narrative

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dmcnamee wrote 3 months ago: Picture for the Mission application “You are assigned to labor in the Wellington New Zealand F … more →

Tags: Preparation, CALL

All smiles from ESfO1 comment

janhass wrote 6 months ago: George Nuku’s on-the-spot art work is a great illustration of the quality of the ESfO conferen … more →

Tags: Anna-Karina Hermkens, Anne Salmond, Anthropology, Bergen, Colonialism, Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone, ESFO, Ethnology, John Barker

Was Jon Frum ‘John from America’?4 comments

Tom Richards wrote 11 months ago: As I have said in a previous post on the Jon Frum cult found on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, there is grea … more →

Tags: cargo cults, mission, Religious situation on Tanna, cargo cult, Christianity, church, cult, Frank Paton, Ian Reid

The Bible is a Missionary Book

NAS wrote 11 months ago: In my quest to understand the history and theology of African Americans in Mission, I have written a … more →

Tags: Contemporary Theology, Theology of Mission, African Americans and Missions, African American Baptist, Bible, Missions, Theology, Baptists in Mission

In praise of messiness in writing history (Part II)

Michael Marten wrote 11 months ago: Note that this is Part II of a two part blog entry.  Part I is available here, and should be read fi … more →

Tags: Critical religion, University of Stirling, Dominant, Epistemology, historicisation, Israel, Palestine, Rumina Sethi, subaltern

The Venus Transit: A Monumental Missions Anniversary

Tom Richards wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Wikimedia Commons Today marks a significant second occurrence of the second transit in the pa … more →

Tags: mission, Christianity, church, enquiry, Erromango, james cook, John Williams, London Mission Society, Tahiti

In praise of messiness in writing history (Part I)

Michael Marten wrote 1 year ago: This is Part I of a two part blog entry.  Comments are closed here, but are open for Part II. Scotti … more →

Tags: Critical religion, University of Stirling, Dominant, Epistemology, historicisation, Israel, Palestine, Rumina Sethi, subaltern

rekan-rekan (para romo) Yesuit dan para ziekentrooster

pangumbaran wrote 1 year ago: ‘ Pada acara peluncuran Rabu 18 April 2012 yang lalu, romo A. Heuken SJ secara eksplisit menga … more →

Tags: History, Indonesian history, Colonial History, pangumbaran, yusak soleiman, Dutch Reformed Church, STT JAKARTA, freedom institute, gereformeerde kerk

Mission studies, mission history, and the language of religious conversion

Michael Marten wrote 1 year ago: For those of us researching mission history, as much of my own research could appropriately be chara … more →

Tags: Critical religion, University of Stirling, Conversion, Culture change, language of Christianisation, liberal education, mission, Power, University

Mission strategy: lessons from the past

glennmyers wrote 1 year ago: R Pierce Beaver’s article in Perspectives is a helpful historic study of mission strategies go … more →

Tags: Strategy

I ARISE TODAY - A Declaration of Saint Patrick

Ray Shive wrote 1 year ago: I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through belief in the threenes … more →

Tags: Biography, Christian Living, Church History

Spiritual upheaval in Libya

glennmyers wrote 1 year ago: Even before the recent political turmoil, the Christians noticed something happening in Libya. Look … more →

Tags: Islam and Muslims, Trends, Seeking God, Great Commission, Unreached Peoples, Libya

William Carey's faith

glennmyers wrote 2 years ago: A quote from the Baptist cobbler who is seen by many in the Anglophone world as father of modern mis … more →

Tags: quotation, Quote, History, Bible, India, Faith, HOPE

Waiting for the Harvest

kistokazaki wrote 2 years ago: Sometimes when I am back in the United States it seems like the way people perceive things is shaped … more →

Tags: Reformed Church in America, Japan, Horace Underwood, Korea

Constants in context: A theology of mission for today -- Book Review6 comments

Steve wrote 3 years ago: Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today by Stephen B. Bevans My rating: 3 of 5 stars S … more →

Tags: Orthodoxy, South Africa, Theology & Missiology, Orthodox Church, Missional Church, Missiology, Orthodox mission, Roman Catholic Church, Mission Theology


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