It is not every year that you can spend consecutive weeks in places as diverse as the Solomon Islands and Pakistan (with an exactly 50hr door-to-door trip in between!). But that is what Langham Preaching gave me the opportunity to do – and here are my favourite photos:
(a participant’s proposal for an outline on Amos 3 & 4)
nice chatting – well, viewing anyway
About Me

the art of unpacking
After a childhood in India, a theological training in the USA and a pastoral ministry in Southland (New Zealand), I spent twenty years in theological education in New Zealand — first at Laidlaw College and then at Carey Baptist College, where I served as principal. In 2009 I began working with Langham Partnership and since 2013 I have been the Programme Director (Langham Preaching). Through it all I've cherished the experience of the 'gracious hand of God upon me' and I've relished the opportunity to 'unpack', or exegete, all that I encounter in my walk through life with Jesus.
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love the pics: esp. the top one! 🙂
you are a hard case, mr shudall!
did i tell you that i like it too? it is just SO like rembrandt.
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Paul! Delighted to see your picture of the Bible with the title "The Other Incarnation"! 🙂