Found 5 articles matching 'Mission'.
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Where’s my super-suit?
Sarah Allen
Date posted: 1 Sep 2018
Superhero movies seem to be churned out by Hollywood every few months now.
We’ve had Wonder Woman and Black Panther, Iron Man, The Avengers and X-Men all saving the world and defeating evil in their different fashions. Those who enjoy these films (I have to say, they are not my cup of tea) know what to expect – dramatic action sequences; often ambiguous political scenarios; heroes who are like us, but better; heroes who come from another world; personal conflict as the hero accepts their mission, and evil which is a threat to human relationships as we know them.
Secular Shelf Life
Shelf life: Looking at secular books
Sarah Allen
Date posted: 1 Jan 2009
Daniel Everett travelled to the banks of an Amazon tributary as an SIL (Wycliffe Bible Translators) missionary in 1977. 30 years later he is still studying their language, but not as a Bible translator, instead he is an academic researcher. Everett’s time with the Piraha tribe has led to a revolution in linguistics and a personal revolution in his own life — he lost his faith and with it his family.
Secular Shelf Life
Shelf life: Looking at secular books
Sarah Allen
Date posted: 1 Apr 2007
Ali writes well, her opening is striking as she describes her mother’s and grandmother’s upbringing in nomadic clans in Somalia. Life is harsh and honour-based, Islam a mere veneer on ancient animistic culture.
Secular Shelf Life
Looking at secular books
Sarah Allen
Date posted: 1 Mar 2007
For those of you who have not heard the name, then may I introduce you to the foremost children’s writer of our age? He has published over 100 works since the mid 70s, has won all the prizes available for children’s literature, been Children’s Laureate (from 2003-5) had works made into major films and presented a brilliant series, The Invention of Childhood on Radio Four. He and his wife also run a charity Farms For City Children. It is certainly difficult to be critical of the hard working fellow.
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What are you like at wrestling in prayer?
Wrestling is a strange image of prayer. If you read some of the pieces written about prayer today, it seems even more strange.
They tell us (rightly) that prayer is about intimacy and relationship, about knowing God. The Bible’s image of wrestling suggests instead conflict and hard work. It may be an intimate way to fight, but it isn’t sweet. This kind of fighting is sweaty, painful – and all about endurance.