Posts from Mission Blog for 03/16/2020

Coronavirus When There is No Health System By The Rev. Dr. Blair and Vivian Bertrand on Mar 16, 2020 02:59 pm   I’m struggling with social media right now. More than normal. My timeline is filled with North Americans and Europeans who can only think of one thing – Covid-19/coronavirus. My Malawian feed is filled with the normal irrationality that is Malawian politics but that is rarely uplifting and often depressing. A former student asked why... Read in browser »   Hard Times By Steve McInnis & Nora Martin on Mar 11, 2020 12:01 pm Steve McInnis We visited prisons for the first time in late November. We drove to Zomba, 90 minutes from Blantyre, to visit the prison system head office. Our guides were Hastings Phale and Abusa Stanley Chimesya, who work for the Blantyre Synod of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. We met with prison chaplains Brian and... Read in browser »   Obadiah, Chichiri Prison and Theological Education By The Rev. Dr. Blair and Vivian Bertrand on Mar 10, 2020 03:57 pm Obadiah: Prophet Against Edom Obadiah is a strange little book of the Bible, seldom referred to and almost never preached from. Given this, I was surprised when I arrived at Chichiri maximum security prison to discover about 30 prisoners had gathered to do a Bible study starting at Obadiah 1:1. One of the things that... Read in browser »     Recent Articles: Our Friends and Ancestors Live in Books In Honour of the Bible Translation Teams I Serve in Taiwan Responding to Cyclone Idai: Relief and Prayer Pay Attention: Cyclone Idai and Maundy Thursday Taiwan Indigenous Bible Translation Projects 台灣原住民族語聖經翻譯計畫

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