This is a sermon I preached at Saint Andrew’s, Mount Pleasant, last Sunday. Hopefully it’ll encourage and challenge you. Below are some discussion questions if you wanted them: Abraham Heschel wrote, “He who is satisfied has never truly craved.” I hope you haven’t given up on the potential of a life saturated with God’s presence.…

We’re finished! According to Rick’s computer, we/he did 680km in 6 days with 30 hours of saddle time, 30,000ft of climbs, and 23,577 calories burned! Beyond the stats, it was another amazing tour. Plenty can go wrong, and very little did. Mason – the guy looking away below in the team photo at the Livingstone/Stanley…

I recently met with three former Muslims who have all come to Christ and suffered as a result. We are supporting them monthly, otherwise they’d be desolate. I thought I’d introduce them to you. First, Mariam, on the left below: She managed to conceive easily enough, but each conception ended in miscarriage. She was told…

I love my Dad. He’s a great Dad. Born in Burundi in 1946, he pursued a successful (almost finished) career as a Management Consultant, and one of our biggest shared joys latterly has been having him integrally involved in the work of GLO as coach to our key partner organisations’ leaders. They love sessions with…

The title’s misleading, so read on.  One pastor serving in an ISIS-controlled territory shared that in the previous week three men in his church were shot and killed for running children’s clubs in their homes. But then he went on to say these striking words: “Whenever we see disaster and tragedy, we run towards it.…

Jean is dead. I’ve just got back from his funeral. What a man! He was Scripture Union Burundi’s first staff worker in 1976, and finished his race back with us after slipping into a coma last week, aged 63. Fabulously, in terms of a sense of God-ordained wholeness or completion, as leader of our Department…

This week saw us host the National Prayer Breakfast in Bujumbura. It’s the chance to get all the movers and shakers from across the political, military, business and religious divides to come together for a few hours, leaving our divisions at the door, and gathering around the table to eat, talk, pray and listen to a…

Dear GLO Team,  Greetings from Burundi! I hope this finds you well. After last week’s launch in London, my new daily devotional ‘Choose Life’ is now fully live and unleashed officially, and here is the big plug and sell if you haven’t had it already! Thanks to all those who have already bought 100, 30,…

In Blue Like Jazz, a non-Christian talk show host urges Donald Miller to defend Christianity. Miller refused to do so, which made the host curious:   “He asked me if I was a Christian, and I told him yes. “Then why don’t you want to defend Christianity?” he asked, confused. I told him I no…

I’ve been reading a friend’s (maybe that’s too strong – we’ve met and emailed once or twice, but I LOVE what he does and how he approaches things) book called ‘Speaking of Jesus – the art of not-evangelism’). The guy’s name is Carl Medearis. Definitely worth a read. Check out this beautiful inspired encounter and…

I’ve just returned to Burundi from Kenya where I had the chance to attend a gathering of influential businessmen/politicians/social entrepreneurs to discuss and encourage one another as we seek to be agents of transformation in our respective nations. It was a deeply impacting time. I just want to share some of the mind-blowing story of…

Dear Team, I’d asked you to pray for our incredible annual summer outreach for the first two weeks of August and the results are in. They’re awesome, as ever! Here goes from Onesphore, the movement leader: We sent out 1010 evangelists in 42 teams around the country (554 from our group, Harvest for Christ, and…

Dear Team, It’s the most exciting outreach activity of the year again. Picture it right now, today, as around 800 evangelists travel up into different parts of Burundi to do the Acts of the Apostles. Over the next two weeks, they will cast out demons, heal the sick, preach the gospel, get beaten up, and…

Below is a letter that is so heavy and convicting to me – so worth reading, unlike the inane things I sometimes allow myself to get sucked in by. It is written by my dear friend ‘Claude’ in the Central African Republic. I lived with him and his family in 1995. What faith! How humbled…

The day before leaving Burundi for our annual summer preaching around the UK, I met up with 26-year-old ‘Paul’ to hear his story. With his permission, this is what he shared with me: His original name was Hassan, and he was born into a Muslim family. His father died shortly after Hassan’s birth, so Hassan…