Since using the arts as a vehicle for sharing our faith in Jesus with Muslims is our "stock-in-trade" you might say, some of us occasionally have a few thoughts on the matter. As they say in Turkish "işte bunlar..." (here they are...)
...and go, have a cup of coffee..
Taco will be spending two weeks in Germany, reaching mainly youth and children, Muslim immigrants and others. Because of the restrictions on reaching children in Turkey, this is a new thing for us! One...
The message of the musical meets the message of the Gospel.
On our very first morning in Istanbul, before the sun was fully up, my son and I were awakened by the call to prayer. It was being projected over a PA-system from a mosque about two blocks from us, and he was frightened by the unfamiliar...
“Love one another...outdo one another in showing honor.. And seek to show hospitality.” (Romans 12:9-13)
Every time I travel back and forth from America to Turkey, I notice afresh the differences in each culture. There are strengths and...
As part of helping new team members understand the culture of the country they find themselves in, I took a new guy to visit a local mosque last Friday. It's actually been quite a while since I've sat inside a mosque for Friday prayers so it was...
A couple of weeks ago, we went to a part of Istanbul where there are tons of minorities - and finished up at the seafront performing to hundreds of Afghan nationals, mostly refugees living in the area. Despite the very friendly and interested...
I recently heard of a mission organisation that had been extremely successful in recruiting members. They hadn't done it using the traditional "send-people-to-theology-school-first" or "short-term-training-opportunities" approaches that most...
It is pretty well known that one of biggest reasons Muslims stay Muslim is the strength of social conformity. The reaction you will face as a Muslim for abandoning your faith will vary significantly from country to country and between different...
Due to the recent violence of IS in North Iraq, in the last few days, military action is being taken to try and prevent them from doing any more harm to the Yazidi and Christian minorities they have been attacking.
And while yes, something should...
A few days ago I was sharing the faith with a passionate Muslim man here in Istanbul. For well over an hour, we talked about many things. It came up in conversation that my new friend thought that our two faiths were pretty similar in terms...