Not forgotten

July 19, 2016

When was the last time you cried in public? It happened to me last week. I was in Washington DC for a conference, and took advantage of a break to walk to the National Mall. I stopped to see Korean War Veterans Memorial, the National World War 2 Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It […]

Does God really love her?

April 17, 2016

I have four different Bible versions on the shelf in my office, and another one on my Kindle. At home I have five more translations. On my way to church this morning, I passed a dozen other churches. The county I live in has nearly 300 churches. I know thousands of Christians who are from […]

Thoughts from W. Africa

April 5, 2016

Our time in West Africa is drawing to a close — we will be home this weekend. I thought I’d share some photos from a large city here in West Africa, near the capital, that we visited today. Despite the fact that this is a large city, in and around it live five unreached people […]

W. Africa trip photos

April 3, 2016

Last week we headed south and east, into the interior of West Africa.

He lives!

March 27, 2016

Il vit! Il vit! Je sais que mon Rédempteur vit! Wow. Easter morning service in West Africa was amazing. Like the chorus from the song above, it was all in French. (That means, by the way, “He lives! He lives! I know that my Redeemer lives!” And the tune was nothing like the old American […]

24 hours later

March 23, 2016

We’re scheduled to arrive in the capital of a West African nation on Wednesday evening, local time. Since the city’s been called the Paris of Africa, I imagine the city will be vibrant. Since I will have spent the last 24 hours in airplanes and airports, I imagine I will not be. Pray that we […]

Signs I’ve been at this too long?

March 22, 2016

This week I head to West Africa, in order to gather photos and stories about the amazing things God is doing there through New Tribes Mission. But as I finished packing, and ran out for a couple of last-minute things, it occured to me that some things I take for granted may mark me as […]

Why I’m going to Africa

February 18, 2016

Spreading the gospel to “the ends of the earth” is the responsibility of each and every believer … but how do you do that? How do you make an impact, for instance, on Africa? Africa is huge. Much of the missionary effort over the years in rural areas has been ineffective, resulting in few disciples […]

You’ve fed thousands of people

November 17, 2015

The plea was urgent, and I’m so glad you helped. Papua New Guinea, an island nation north of Australia, is in the midst of a long drought. People are hungry, and NTM missionaries there want to help. They contacted our team, and sent us some specifics. Some of the aid could go in by road. […]

A preview of the devotional

September 28, 2015

Want to get a taste of the 30-day devotional, The Focus of Prayer? The Author’s Foreword is designed to do just that — and let’s face it, you’ll probably just skip over it in the book. So here it is: I’d like to think that discovering an important yet overlooked fact about prayer would change […]