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LATEST ARTICLES ( 35 )

• Did Israel Folau Quote the Bible?

  

  For some, all Israel Folau did was to quote a 2000-year-old text. Others are not so sure. The Instagram post that led to his sacking by Rugby Australia is a mem... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• #istandwithizzy and the Little Problem of the Trinity

  

  Israel Folau’s high profile has positioned him as the public face of Australian Christianity’s fight for freedom following his sacking by Rugby Australia. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Folau Row and the Surprising Reasons Why Neither Side is Quite Right

  

  Israel Folau’s provocative Instagram post has caused polarised reactions, not just in the realm of the unchurched, but within the factions of the faithful. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Book Throwing and the Mission of God: Part 4

  

  Tanna man using a MegaVoice, a solar-powered audio device loaded with a vernacular New Testament – one way in which someone might ‘receive’ or take in the Bible. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Spaeglas: Luk Insaed

  

  Contextualising COMA for Vanuatu: Part 3 (background here)So, the college term is moving on and I’m continuing to struggle through teaching Interpreting the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• COMA and the Small Issue of Order

  

  Contextualising COMA for Vanuatu: Part 2 (background here) When we use COMA in its original setting (western evangelical), we do “C” context before “O”... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Biblical Interpretation for Vanuatu: Contextualizing COMA

  

  A puzzle for Bislama speakersI’m wrestling with how to teach Biblical Interpretation at certificate level and have been trialing teaching students the COMA... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Book Throwing and the Mission of God: Part 3

  

  Tannese Noah and the ark story retold through song and dance at Jon celebrations (John Frum), Feb 2016Interaction with Don’t Throw the Book at Them by Harry... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Response To: Book Throwing and the Mission of God Part 2

  John Wilson was a resident missionary in Papua (Irian Jaya) from 1972 to 1991 and wrote his master’s dissertation on ‘Scripture in Oral Culture’ before orality... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Book Throwing and the Mission of God Part 2

  

  Oral Communication: the Unity Movement, Tanna, VanuatuInteraction with Don’t Throw the Book at Them by Harry BoxChapter 1I was surprised the first time that I... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Response to ‘The Syncretistic Rabit’

  Here’s a response to The Syncretistic Rabbit from Bethann Carlson – it’s worth posting in full. Bethann and her husband Greg and three children lived on Tanna... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Syncretistic Rabbit

  

  Credit: Revivals Cakes, via Wiki commonsThere are no rabbits on Tanna.  There are also no chocolate eggs in the stores.  That’s cool with me, I don’t like... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Book Throwing and the Mission of God Pt 1

  

  Interaction with Don’t Throw the Book at Them by Harry BoxThe church in Vanuatu (then New Hebrides) was first established on the island of Aneityum. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• How to Help in Rural Fiji After Cyclone Winston: What I Observed in Rural Tanna...

  Living on Tanna Island, Vanuatu during the response to Cyclone Pam, I observed a lot of excellent disaster work done by skilled, knowledgeable and dedicated... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Cyclone Ula and Tanna’s Spiritual Beliefs

  

  At the moment winds are blowing at about 165km/h close to the centre of the category 4 cyclone, Ula, about 210km southwest of Tanna. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• When the Raging Tempests Blow

  

  With Cyclone Pam coming, Yakaboe, like everyone else, was faced with the choice of where to go in order to best look after his family and property. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Ten Tips for Aid Agencies Working in Rural Vanuatu

  

  The observations of an ill-informed bystander on the response to Cyclone Pam1) The other aid agencies are on your side; they’re trying to help too. And yes, the... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Faith That’s Clothes Deep

  

  Islamic attire is now commonplace on the road that runs through Tanna’s Middle Bush. Before Cyclone Pam there was one Muslim family on Tanna, now there are many. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Pam Report

  

  We would like to thank the people of WPC and other supporting churches, and individual supporters for your concern, prayers and financial support in response... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• New Growth on Old Ground

  

  John G. Paton and his wife Mary, who would soon give birth to their first child, landed at Port Resolution in 1858. They were not the first missionaries to serv... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL