Parenting in the Slums
Posted On September 29, 2011
Our family falls into the probably rather small category of Westerners parenting in slums. We are living outside of our home culture in a rapidly… Read More →
Is Jesus Tapping on your Window?
Posted On September 1, 2011
My name is Julian Doorey, a New Zealander. My wife, two children, and I represent the Baptist Churches of New Zealand, living and working in… Read More →
Surrender and Necessity: A Lesson from our Neighbours
Posted On July 6, 2011
One thing I have asked of the Lord,That will I seek after:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of… Read More →
Gift of Praxis and Simplicity
Posted On May 10, 2011
When Servants articulated Simplicity as one of its key concepts by which it wanted its members to live and minister, it undoubtedly had in mind… Read More →
The Seven Myths of Slums
Posted On December 10, 2010
Conventional thinking on development issues is often characterised by many assumptions, clichés and rationalisations about the residents of slums. In challenging some of these core… Read More →
Drinking from Many Fountains: A Missional Spirituality for Radical Evangelicals
Posted On May 3, 2010
Evangelicals are well known for their commitment to the Lordship of Christ, their embrace of the authority of Scripture, living a life of piety, and… Read More →
Anna, Patron Saint of Slum Children
Posted On September 14, 2009
I’ll be honest. When I applied to do the internship with Servants in Cambodia I was secretly nurturing an idea of myself as ‘Anna, patron… Read More →
5 Things every Servants Missionary ought to know
Posted On July 13, 2009
Has your child recently shared with you that they are feeling the call to enter the mission field? If you are anything like me, then… Read More →
When Silence is Betrayal – a Biblical Case for Civil Disobedience
Posted On March 19, 2009
I strained my ears to hear the voicemail message. Would we help a family of asylum seekers needing a place of sanctuary to avoid deportation… Read More →