Evangelism - Part 1

The following is adapted from the first half of a talk I gave at WYnet Summer Camp 2011. The theme for the week was Discipleship, and I spoke towards the end of the event about mission-ship, or evangelism.

I introduced the talk by saying that I knew they (the teens) had, or could get, advice on how to be "nice people" very easily, and therefore I wanted to cut straight to stuff about evangelism that could be applied in their lives at school and college.

What

During my time at the University of Chester, I heard what I think is the best definition of evangelism I have ever heard. It went,

"Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where he can get free food."

24 Games That Never Made It

Here is a small collection of games that probably didn't make it into your childhood:

1. Heads, Shoulders, Knees or Tails
2. Cops and Lawyers
3. Edible Jigsaw Puzzles
4. Water-Ski-Rugby
5. Real Snakes and Ladders
6. Solo Texas Hold'Em Poker
7. What's the Time, Mister Yogenschlangheifennhturichsuen?
8. Invisible Chess
9. Relay Darts
10. Truth or Truth
11. Real-time Snooker (none of this "taking turns" rubbish)
12. Latin Scrabble
13. Table-Javelin
14. Tranquilised Lions
15. Five-a-side Solitaire
16. Art-Attack Pictionary
17. Horizontal Rock Climbing
18. 100 meter staring contests
19. Guess the Law-Of-Thermodynamics
20. Underwater Basketball
21. Democratic Rupublic of Congo Roulette
22. Charades in the Dark
23. Keep-me-ups (with a shotput)
24. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Selotape, Card, Glue and Acrylic Paint

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Journeys Across Two Types of Fictional Landscapes

Regarding the journeys taken across them, I think that the landscapes in a fantasy story can speak to and inspire us more than the settings of a science-fiction one.

The fictional genres of science-fiction and fantasy have very different types of generic landscapes or settings. Science-fiction is usually set in the depths of space, possibly across many planets and maybe galaxies, with vessels flying between the worlds. Fantasy, by contrast, is usually set on a single world, possibly across many countries and maybe continents, with characters trekking or riding between settlements.

Science-fiction, even if it is not set in an idea of our own future, is seen to be futuristic because of how advanced the technology is. Fantasy, even if it is not set in any real history, is seen to be like past ages, with simplicity serving as an adjective for much of the imagined world.