A DRAMATIC FIRE RAZED THE CITY OF √ÖLESUND (say 'Orlesund') on Norway's west coast, exactly one hundred years ago. Today, √Ölesund-host to last week's YWAM Viking Arts Festival-owes its famous Art Nouveau architecture to this disaster. And therein lies a…
I'VE HARDLY HAD TIME TO WATCH THE NEWS let alone write w e e k l y w o r d s the past couple of weeks. This is the season for bumper-to-bumper YWAM conferences: firstly our Global Leadership Team…
WHILE ALL THE WORLD'S ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON ATHENS THIS WEEK, the fifteenth anniversary of an event that triggered the fall of the Iron Curtain will slip by almost unnoticed. But not in Sopron, on the Hungarian-Austrian border. I first…
IF A CAMEL IS A HORSE DESIGNED BY A COMMITTEE, then what's the nature of the 'beast'-or rather, the 'European' Constitution-proposed by a specially-appointed convention, wrangled over by political leaders from 25 EU member states, amended a thousand times (literally)…
THE MEN WERE DRESSED LIKE BILBO BAGGINS, THE HOBBIT. Knee-britches, silver-buckle shoes and jackets lined with silver buttons. The women sported bodices beautifully latticed with ornate silver chains, brooches and buckles. Like actors awaiting the next take of 'Lord of…
