March 31, 2003
From the corridors of power to coffee corners on YWAM bases, the war in Iraq has provoked global confusion and division. Several times in various European locations over the past few weeks, I have witnessed impassioned discussions among my YWAM colleagues, including senior leaders. The multinational character of our staff and student bodies makes for […]
March 24, 2003
How should ‘eldership’ in a YWAM context be expressed nationally? In Romania last week we wrestled with this question in a meeting of YWAM leaders. After the dramatic Romanian Revolution in December 1989, many well-meaning ministries rushed into the country to help with the rebuilding process. All sorts of YWAM teams arrived there without any […]
March 17, 2003
This is the third of a three-part series by Dr. Roger W. Sapp. When Loyalty Overcomes Truthfulness Loyalty and truthfulness are two covenant values that must be held in tension against one another. Loyalty binds us together. The truth sets us free. If one value is emphasized over the other, then serious problems develop and […]
March 10, 2003
This is the second of a three-part series by Dr. Roger W. Sapp. Values Produce Predictable Behaviour Prior to 1993, I was an active duty Army Chaplain. During that season in my life, I taught leadership skills to officers and non-commissioned officers in leadership retreats as a part of my ministry. I often used management […]
March 3, 2003
Further to the theme of last week’s WW about whistleblowers, this w e e k l y w o r d begins a three-part article written by a former army chaplain. HONOURING THE TRUTH-TELLER, Part one, by Dr Roger Sapp The Meaning of Truth The Greek word that is translated ‘truth’ in the New Testament […]
February 24, 2003
Did you see the New Year’s edition of TIME magazine, with the cover story on “whistleblowers”? Three women “of ordinary demeanor but exceptional guts” were named Persons of the Year for their roles in uncovering corruption in Enron and Worldcom, and negligence within the FBI relating to September 11. TIME called 2002 the Year of […]
February 17, 2003
We resume w e e k l y w o r d this week after a two month break It was a sober America Romkje and I passed through last week, en route from New Zealand back to Europe after a two-month furlough. Flags everywhere flew half-mast in honour of the Columbia space-shuttle crew. The […]
December 30, 2002
Recent travel to hard-to-get-online locations, plus a plague of virus problems, has forced an unplanned break in the w e e k l y w o r d, since mid-November. I am now in New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle Earth, where the temptations of sun, sea and sand are overwhelming me. My laptop is still not […]
November 11, 2002
So, you came to YWAM, attended a DTS and maybe one or two University of the Nations courses. You heard teaching about ‘discipling the nations’, and you took it seriously. You wanted to make a difference in society. Maybe you heard about John Wesley’s passion to ‘reform the whole nation’, which led to widespread social […]
November 4, 2002
After last week’s report on Impact World Tour in Holland’s Catholic south, comes more good news from “Catholic” Europe. This time from Ireland. Historic as the Irish “yes!” vote was to allow European Union expansion to go ahead, another historic process was simultaneously under way in the Emerald Isle. Over a thousand churches, protestant and […]
October 28, 2002
I remember clearly the hammer test. A couple of rocks lay on the table in front of us at the YWAM global leadership gathering in Delhi. Mark Anderson – who describes himself as ‘skinny’ – invited Frank Naea and another hefty guy to try to break the rocks with screwdrivers and wrenches. After a few […]
October 21, 2002
Stories of second-generation YWAMers, practising what their parents have been preaching about influencing society through the life-spheres, raise our hopes for the future. Film-maker David Cunningham, son of YWAM’s founders, was chosen by a major film company to produce a film based on best-seller Ghost Soldiers, after Steven Spielberg turned it down. A year or […]
