Allan & Dee’s Update – a Fall Adventure

We wanted to let you know that this fall we’ve been asked to go to South Africa for 3 months to help lead the Community Development course in Muizenberg, just outside Cape Town, where we have a large YWAM University of the Nations training campus. South African faces...

Teaching around the world

It was a delight this week to share with great students in Malawi who are part of a University of the Nations Stewardship & Sustainability course. They wanted to learn more on sustainable, household and village-level approaches to clean water and sanitation. They...

Knotting and a history of spiritual formation

Yes, I think I do see it that way although I’ve never described my thoughts on it before… I have enjoyed aspects of knotting since I was a boy in scouts. I’ve used and appreciated their utility in camping, search & rescue and their long nautical history. In trying...

Serving our community

Amy Sherman Sociologist and researcher, Amy Sherman has said that Christians tend to have three models for interacting with society: fortification, accommodation, and domination. To put that another way: We hunker down amongst ourselves, water down our witness, or...