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 […]
September 3, 2001
Two 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 – […]
August 27, 2001
Last week we began to present excerpts and summaries of the ten chapters from part two of a book I am trying to finish. The working title is “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 […]
August 20, 2001
Over the following ten weeks, the w e e k l y w o r d will present excerpts and summaries of the ten chapters from part two of a book I hope to finish sometime before the Second Coming. The working title is “BRAVE NEW EUROPE – who will shape it?” Part One of […]
August 13, 2001
Summer seems to have come and gone already in Holland. But I’m not complaining about the grey skies, wind and occasional rain. It’s great weather for knuckling down to some writing. Besides in two weeks’ time I’ll be in sunny Kenya for our annual YWAM Global Leadership Team meeting. That gives me a short window […]
August 6, 2001
Expectant throngs were beginning to fill the streets of Edinburgh last week. The world’s largest annual arts festival was about to begin, under the shadow of the city’s imposing castle perched high on its craggy pedestal. Every August crowds from all over the world double the Scottish capital’s population in search of summer entertainment. “Laughter […]
July 30, 2001
Expect the unexpected while driving through Ireland, they warned us. It was a warning worth heeding. Whether it was a sudden confrontation with a menacing piece of farm machinery on a narrow country lane, or the equally abrupt discovery of monastic ruins linked with the 8th century Celtic missionaries to Austria, or pre-Christian stone circles, […]
July 27, 2001
Northern Ireland has to be experienced to be believed. We’ve read about the “Troubles” for years. Persistent reports of bombs, angry clashes on the streets and failed peace talks stir a tired sense of déjà vu. Secretly we’re glad this all happens in a remote corner of Europe separated from most of us by a […]
July 16, 2001
Suppose we had an event where we gathered students from east and west in Europe… Suppose they could be imparted with a vision of Europe’s future in which believers played proactive and vital roles in politics, journalism, business, law and public life… Suppose they could realise they didn’t have to become pastors or missionaries to […]
July 9, 2001
An old friend of YWAM wrote to me in near desperation a while back. He gathers information about mission opportunities from the internet to put on his website www.mfinder.org, and gets several thousand ‘hits’ each month. When he started this almost two years ago, he had fully expected to steer lots of people to YWAM. […]
July 2, 2001
The bodies were black, brown and yellow, with a sprinkling of palefaces, jammed into the conference room at De Poort in Amsterdam last week. On the big screen more black-brown-yellow faces sang, clapped, danced, prayed and communicated from the distance of thousands of miles via a GENESIS link-up with Kona, South Africa, Lausanne, Sweden … […]
June 25, 2001
Help! not just anybody. Help! you know I need some-one. He-ee-elp! Nostalgic strains of classic Beatle songs waft through the house these days as a younger generation discovers the Lennon-McCartney genius. Particularly poignant is this 1965 hit – “when I was younger, so much younger than toda-a-a-y….” – which conjures up from my subconsciousness a […]
