Thinking Mission Blog

This week has seen me back in the classroom, teaching on the intensive course at the Nile Theological College in Juba. The aim is to

Yesterday I arrived for the first time in the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, which has just celebrated the eighth anniversary of its independence. I

Driving from Blantyre to Bemvu early this morning got me thinking that the same journey was made in the 1880s by the Scottish missionaries as

6 July marks the 55thanniversary of Malawi’s attainment of independence. It is a day to celebrate the country’s many achievements, not least the human quality

For me it is always a special moment to come to the city of Blantyre and arrive at St Michael and All Angels, southern Malawi’s

It is part of missionary legend that Robert Laws, who came from Aberdeen to northern Malawi in the late 19thcentury, dreamt of his base at