June 3, 2002
After the busy-ness of HOPE.21 and my recent visit to the Caucasus, Romkje and I have just spent a couple of days of relaxation and reflection in the Dutch Alps (highest elevation, 327 metres). In other words, we were staying in the beautiful rolling countryside of Limburg, where Holland, Belgium and Germany meet. In a […]
May 27, 2002
Our crowded minibus hurtled towards the capital of Armenia when suddenly the snowy peaks of Mt Ararat loomed over the crest of the road. Excited chatter burst out among our fellow passengers returning home from Georgia. The clear weather made the mountain appear exceptionally close. Just 50 kilometres from the capital, the five kilometre high […]
May 20, 2002
You’re in good company if you’re not sure where Georgia is (no, not Jimmy Carter’s state, but the former Soviet Union republic in the Caucasus). Henry Kissinger had to ask the Soviet Union’s foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze the same question once. Shevardnadze, now Georgia’s president, is one of this small nation’s two most famous sons […]
May 13, 2002
Here at last we come to the final chapter for Part II of Brave New Europe. Part I explains why Europe may be headed for a neo-pagan future as it jettisons its remaining “baggage” of Christendom. Part II suggests 10 imperatives for God’s people to recover faith, hope and vision for the Prodigal Continent. The […]
May 5, 2002
HOPE.21, a pan-European congress with 1000 evangelical leaders from 38 European countries, has just finished in Budapest. The organisation of this event which aimed to promote networks across Europe, national strategies in each nation and a broader vision of hope for Europe, has fully absorbed the energies of the YWAM Europe staff over the past […]
February 18, 2002
w e e k l y (sort of) w o r d – 18.02.02 #8: EMBRACE! … our responsibility and role Here follows a draft of the eighth chapter of part two of a book in progress, provisionally entitled “Brave New Europe?”. The first part explains why Europe may be headed for a neo-pagan future […]
January 28, 2002
w e e k l y w o r d 28 January 2002 #7 RECOVER! …the Gospel of the Kingdom. Here follows a draft of the seventh chapter of part two of a book in progress, provisionally entitled “Brave New Europe”. The first part explains why Europe may be headed for a neo-pagan future as […]
January 21, 2002
Last fall, I was sending each week a summary of chapters of a book I am finishing off about recovering faith, hope and vision for tomorrow’s Europe. Earlier instalments can be read and downloaded from www.ywameurope.org. However, a busy travel schedule and lack of an assistant got the better of me and I suspended the […]
December 17, 2001
I’m sorry you have not received a w e e k l y w o r d from me for two months. No, you have not been dropped from the address list. It is just that about two months ago, my travel schedule and workload, especially in relation to HOPE.21 preparations, conspired to make life […]
September 24, 2001
#5: FACE UP! …to the truth about the present. (Note: Some readers may notice that I have drawn on material from previous weekly words in this week’s chapter summary) Over the past few weeks, I have been sending a summary of chapters of a book I am finishing off about recovering faith, hope and vision […]
September 17, 2001
Four weeks ago we began to present excerpts and summaries of the ten chapters from part two of a book I am writing, with the working title,”BRAVE NEW EUROPE – who will shape it?” Part One of the book describes Europe in a time of megashift in worldviews – perhaps towards a new paganism – […]
September 12, 2001
w e e k l y w o r d s p e c i a l – 12.09.01 from Lynn Green, YWAM field director, Europe, Middle East and North Africa On this occasion, the television pundits are right. At about 1 p.m. GMT, September 11th, 2001, the world changed. The future of our world […]
