Polls are a good thing, you know, keeping us abreast of current issues and how they play out in day-to-day life. Polls also contribute to monitoring the effort of where we are going as the church. Let me share with you how we are doing so far as sending out Harvest workers from among those […]
We all take for granted our ability to read and just how deeply entrenched we are with it. Breakfast wouldn’t be breakfast if I couldn’t read the calorie content or the number of grams of trans fat contained in my cereal or eggs. It seems we all are driven by attaining knowledge of such […]
That girl I mentioned in my *previous post –the one I dated at age 16, who confronted me about life-long relationships and missions? Here’s the rest of the story. She had this mission’s thing in her head since she was about eight years of age. Matter of fact, back then she wanted to be a missionary nurse. […]
At the age of sixteen I met a girl who intrigued me. She asked some serious questions on our third date, questions I’d never before been confronted with. The question that stopped me in my tracks was when she asked if our relationship were to become life-long, would I consider being a missionary. In my […]
The Old Days I recall hearing horror stories of missionaries traveling to destinations by ship. They certainly were not the cruise lines of today. –Some journeys took as long as two months; some of those journeys were taken on vessels that called in question their sea-worthiness; and some of those missionaries who journeyed on questionable […]
Relational elements of life are a cherished blessing to just about everyone I know although it may interest you to realize that it plays out a little differently in some cultures. Take the case study we encountered among an unreached people group who view life a little differently than we do. In western civilization our first […]
An animistic worldview brings adherents face-to-face with some pretty stark stuff. Imagine a mother birthing twins and then throwing them away. That’s pretty stark, isn’t it? You see, it is forbidden in some cultures to permit twin babies to live as twins are considered a bad prognostication of the spirits. You’re probably thinking ‘how horrid […]
Home School families and parents of home schoolers… First, I want to invite you to the 2016 Home School Convention in Harrisburg PA on May 13 & 14, 2016. Next, I want to challenge moms and dads to encourage their kids to consider their role in the Great Commission and getting involved in the task […]
What’s wrong with this picture? Graduation time is just around the corner and the job market will be swamped once again with high school & college graduates vying for available positions. With that, comes the stark reality that only 5% of grads from Bible colleges & seminaries will pursue opportunities in cross-cultural ministries among 94% […]