Next Tuesday marks the beginning of New Word Alive 2010 which takes place in Pwllheli (try pronouncing that!). We, as an organisation, are privileged enough to have a pitch in the exhibition area which is very exciting. If you’re there do come and have a chat or just say hi! Would be lovely to see you! Will be back on the blogging in a week or so!
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New Word Alive
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Are We All April Fools?
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We all like a good joke don’t we? Which is why I guess the tradition of April Fools Day is still going strong. Our ED, on April 1st, managed to provoke a lot of interest with his very good April Fool sent round in an email. It goes as follows.
“I have been asked to forward on this message from Avril Leader at Wycliffe International.
At this date in history, when we are faced with such a multitude of Bibles in English, it would be foolish for an organization like Wycliffe not to use a standard translation. From today onwards, all Wycliffe Communications must quote from Today’s Authorized International Version and not any other translation.
Obviously this is extremely important. All departments at Horsleys Green should take steps to ensure that we follow this direction before noon today.”
As amusing as it was on the 1st to receive such an email as this, there is something in there which saddens me deeply, which angered me on a couple of different levels. My first reaction was how dare she limit us to using one version of the Bible in our work? How could Ms Leader (a fictional character!) presume to even dictate which version to use? But then my anger turned towards myself and my self-centred reaction! As he writes, we have SUCH a multitude of Bibles, more Bible than we know what to do with, the debate even causes friction between people, it’s foolish. How could I be so foolish as to assume that every language has access to copious amounts of Bibles, for every age, some adorned with pretty pictures, some gold-edged, others sold in aid of Cancer relief, yet others encased in a metal box. One Bible, that’s all I ask, to allow everyone, each one of God’s created beings, to have access to His Word written in their language, in a way which they understand and which God can use as a way of speaking directly to them, conveying His love and the amazing grace that we have just celebrated, the amazing gift of eternal life with Christ Jesus through his death and resurrection. Hallelujah!
Visit www.wycliffe.org.uk if you want to do something about it!
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