Posted in Give, Learn, Missionaries on Jul 28th, 2010
Since my last blog entry was a bit serious, I thought it was time for something lighter. About ten years ago, Lauren Helveston, from The Mission Society staff, came to visit our team in Kazakhstan. He came armed with a footlocker full of candy and, as a retreat activity, he hosted “So You Want to [...]
Posted in Give on Jan 14th, 2010
The Mission Society grieves for the victims of the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12. Mission Society missionary Joetta Lehman, seconded to OMS, was on the ground when the quake struck. She and her fellow OMS colleagues are safe.
The Mission Society has set up a relief fund for the victims of the deadly [...]
Posted in Be a missionary, Give, Go, Learn on Sep 28th, 2009
You’ve probably never heard of Father Walter Ciszek. I hadn’t either, until I started reading his book, He Leadeth Me, a book I highly recommend. Ciszek was an American Jesuit priest, who, during World War II, was captured by the Russian Army and convicted of being a “Vatican spy.” For the next 23 years, he [...]
This weekend we celebrate the Fourth of July – our country’s independence from Great Britain 233 years ago. It is a great holiday and one with fond memories for me. Growing up in Oxford, Mississippi (population 10,000), it seemed like the entire town would gather on July 4th at Avent Park and sit out on [...]
Posted in Be a missionary, Give, Learn, Missionaries, Pray on Jun 12th, 2009
I remember Eugene Peterson’s saying that Christian living isn’t complicated. “It’s hard,” he said, “but it’s not complicated.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. My mom has dementia. She’s always been a wonderful speaker (preacher, too). She can’t do public speaking any more, of course. (She was asked to pray over a meal [...]
Well, the last time I wrote, my wife and I were expecting our first baby. She is here, arriving into this world on May 11th – one month before her due date! She is doing well and it has been an exciting three weeks since her birth. We are experiencing the early joys and challenges [...]
Last Sunday at the Tulsa airport, I was the first person to take an offer to give up my seat and receive a $400 voucher. A grandma got to the desk a little slower than me. It seemed that we would both get the voucher, so while our original flight boarded, we discussed among ourselves [...]
She needs roadside help………do I stop?
So I was driving up to Marietta to help lead a Global Outreach Weekend at a church. When I got in my car I was praying for what was going to happen this weekend. I asked God to use me….in conversations…..in teaching….whatever way He wanted to. Well, little did I [...]
Posted in Give on May 6th, 2009
My wife, Amy, and I are having our first baby this June. It is an exciting time as we prepare for parenthood and our little girl who’s on her way. We’ve painted the nursery, gotten the car seat installed, and taken a childbirth class.We’ve also enjoyed one of the great traditions of having a baby [...]
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