IRELAND UPDATE

Moving to WordPress

I've been blogging at TypePad for several years..and it's a great service.  But we're in the process of downsizing and trying to cut back on any extra expenses.  So as of today I've ported all my old posts over to a new FREE blog at WordPress.com.   All going well I'll close out my TypePad account in the next few weeks.

So the new site can be found at the link below.

www.irelandupdate.wordpress.com

Pray For London / from 24-7

Auschwitz- Birkenau

While in Poland recently Cheryl and I chose to visit the site of the former Nazi extermination camp known as Auschwitz.   It's hard to describe what you think and feel as you walk through the buildings, stand on this ground, and listen to the tour leader's stories and statistics.   When people turn away from the light of the good news about Jesus and the Kingdom of God, and instead persistently embrace and believe the lies, the end result is death and destruction..

 

8 Weeks Without Church / Lessons Learned

Author / pastor (and my friend) Hugh Halter highlights some lessons learned after their church took an 8 week break from weekly Sunday gatherings. Some really good insights for all of us who are following Jesus on mission..

8 Weeks

Great and "balancing" post from our friend Paul Dzubinski ..

http://pl-d.net/2011/06/20/muslims-in-europe-present-and-future-populations/

Dallas Willard: Getting Into Heaven BEFORE You Die??

But what kind of things are GEM workers doing in Europe??

Taking Jesus At His Word? / Tea with Hezbollah??

Great review of a great book from Books And Culture web site.   

I recently used Carl Medaeris' other book "Muslims, Christians and Jesus" as a text in the class I taught at the Irish Bible School.  It challenges us to go back and challenge some of our assumptions and values in the light of Jesus' teaching..  

Tea with Hezbollah | Books and Culture.

Alan Hirsch: "If we don't disciple then the culture sure will."

To Serve Is to Suffer | The Global Conversation

Powerful article from an Iraqi pastor.. that is part of the Global Conversations series from the upcoming Lausanne Conference in South Africa.  

Watch the video to understand more of the context..

To Serve Is to Suffer | The Global Conversation.