The beautiful duty

The beautiful duty

In reflecting upon the Conference on the State of Bible Translation and the Grand Finale Celebration of GILLBT@50, I am reminded of a speech by Pope Benedict XVI given on March 7, 2009 to the Roman Curia. It began as follows: “To say ‘thank you’ is one of the...
Do We Need our Mother Tongues?

Do We Need our Mother Tongues?

In the context of a growing middle class that increasingly aspires to speak English, the growth of urban churches and urbanization in general, and the quest for what is often described as national cohesion in our multi-ethnic country, do we really need to develop and...