Posted in Be a missionary, Connect, Go, Short-term missions on Aug 24th, 2010
Ever since taking a language acquisition class in seminary, I have made it a point to be a language learner on every trip I take. My goal has been to learn at least one word every day while I am in another country. I recently returned from a three-week trip to Brazil. It was my [...]
Posted in Be a missionary, Connect, Go, Learn, Pray on Aug 19th, 2010
Just as Pakistan has hit the news again, I’ve been reading (in Phil Yancey’s book, Soul Survivor) a bit about the days when the nation of Pakistan was first carved out of India. Those were awful days of killing between Hindus and Muslims. And yet, in the midst of it, something breathtakingly wonderful happened.
Lord Mountbatten [...]
Apparently, we have quite a reputation at The Mission Society, in that…well, we’re always throwing a party. We have “Lunch and a Movie” days, sandwich parties, and international potlucks. We throw birthday celebrations, popsicle parties, and ice cream socials, just to name a few. We have created a family. Well, GOD has created a family, [...]
I was recently on a conference call related to the upcoming Cape Town 2010 (a.k.a. the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism). The purpose of the call was for Lausanne leaders to give updates and important information to the 400 delegates from the U.S. I, by God’s grace, am numbered among the 400. As I [...]
Of all the questions I’m ever asked when I meet someone, I think one of them sticks out like a sore thumb as by far my least favorite. I don’t use the word “hate” often (outside of referring to Georgia summers), but I might even go so far as to say it’s how I feel [...]
Posted in Be a missionary, Connect, Go, Learn on Jul 13th, 2010
I remember reading a long time ago reading about the importance of spending time with “seminal” (or foundational) writings. Plenty of books spring up from these central writings, but don’t waste your time reading those books, one writer cautioned. Go right to the source, he said.
For a long time, I’ve had the book, Humility, by [...]
Do you have a Bible?
Do you have a church?
Do you have another Christian in your life?
Some people say NO to all three. Some of the people who say NO would surprise you! From Afghanistan to France, Mexico to Iran, there are millions who are unreached or UNENGAGED! Does anyone know sign language? Well, there are [...]
Today I got to go with several of our intern trainees to visit the huge Hindu temple that is just a couple miles from where we live in Lilburn. I had watched it being built as I drove past it daily after we first moved here in 2006, I saw the thousands of people at [...]
Our world is amazing. God has created such diversity. I see it just watching the Discovery Channel. But much more impressive are the people of the world. I’m currently in Tokyo for a Global Mission Consultation led by leaders from all over the world. It’s amazing just to be in a room with around 1,000 [...]
Last night as I was once again reading and writing till after midnight when I came across something quite amazing. (This would be because of grad school…I’d normally be asleep.) Something was unlocked in my thinking in a way I hadn’t experienced before. The author of the book I was reading, Darrell Johnson, experienced the [...]
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