When I was a student, formal dinner in my college began with a Grace that had been used there for seven hundred years. A scholar, after invoking God’s blessing, would quote the First Letter of St John, chapter 4, verse 16 – ‘God is love.
We all know the phrase: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ It rolls off the tongue easily, but let’s be honest it’s a lot harder to live out. Because our neighbour isn’t always the friendly face next door. Sometimes our neighbour is a stranger.
The Moravian Church in the northeast India district was born out of passion for education and development of Rongmei Community. In the midst of opposition, persecution and various struggles Br Kagauchung Rongmei Naga established the Moravian Church in 1983 (officially in 1984) in Binnakandi and later in other parts of the Northeast district.
Hurricane Melissa swept through Jamaica on 28 October 2025 as a Category 5 storm. It was the strongest storm in recorded history to ever make landfall on the island with winds reaching 252 miles per hour, surpassing Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Melissa left a trail of destruction on the Jamaican Moravian community with extensive damage to church properties, homes and community infrastructure.
November the 1st was the day we flew out of Ireland to Uganda, making this our first trip for the church as a couple. Having been married for 39 years we had never done something like this, however, what awaited us in Uganda, East Africa, made it one of the greatest experiences in ministry.