The company of prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the LORD will take your master away from you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.” Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.” But […]
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Hi Fighter, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” The quote (in case you don’t recognise it) is from Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” and is his description of Europe at the time of the French revolution. For me it equally describes the experience of being in the middle
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Hi Fighter, Dave here – back from Syria and finally ready to debrief the experience. It was my eighth trip to Syria in the last six years, and it’s been remarkable to see how the country and the people have evolved over that time. Back in 2013, I’d look out from my hotel room in
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Hi Fighter, Father Dave here, and I’m on the road to Damascus (more or less). To be exact, I’m starting this quick update on board a flight from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, at which point we’ll hopefully find a bus waiting for us that will put us directly on the road to Damascus. It’s been
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Hi Fighter, It’s Dave, checking in from Binacrombi. I’m down here just for the one night, touching base with the team here and making a new friend. I’ve included a pic of my new best mate below. If you haven’t made it to Binacrombi yet, this guy is another good reason to come. He seems
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Back into the Ring Read More »
Greetings, Fighter! Yes, it’s on! All the ‘I’s have been dotted and all the ‘T’s have been crossed. We have climbed the requisite mountain of paperwork and overcome all the obstacles designed to prevent people our age from letting loose on each other in the ring! Fighting Father Dave vs. Wild Bill Kinbacher 17th November,
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave back with you after another prolonged period of silence. I haven’t been hibernating through the winter (as attractive a proposition as that would have been). I’ve been doing the usual – preaching, praying, training, fighting and celebrating – and I’ve been preparing for a series of big events. It’s time
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, writing to you from the middle of the Australian bush! No, I’m not retreating from the Good Fight but I am retreating from the Big Smoke for a while. I am on long-service leave, and will be spending most of my weekends up to the end of May at Binacrombi
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Hi Fighter, Firstly, let me thank all of you who made our New Year’s trip to Syria possible – supporting us financially and with prayer. Secondly, let me apolgise for the time it has taken to feed back to you about the trip. I’ll address my time issues later in this missive, but let me
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an update from Syria Read More »
Hi Fighter, We are back from Syria. We’ve been back for a a couple of weeks now, in fact, and I apologise for not publishing much about our journey until now. In truth, I’m still trying to process it all. It was a magnificent trip. We saw some amazing things and met many amazing people. As
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