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By Who’s Word?

By Who’s Word?

Recently I was talking with a few of my Kaxuyana friends. We were working on a first draft translation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. As we talked through many issues in the text I was stuck by a stark contrast between the ways of the Kingdom of Heaven and the ways of man. […]
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Fertile Soil (Part 2)

Fertile Soil (Part 2)

I remember praying, during my training, almost 6 years ago, that the Holy Spirit would go ahead of me and prepare the soil – the hearts – of those to whom I would be sent. But I could not have imagined how fertile that soil would be! In fact, as I look back over these […]
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So What Happens When They Insist You Teach?

So What Happens When They Insist You Teach?

On a certain Saturday in March I got up early and together with the ex-chief took my co-worker down river to the nearest community where he would continue the trip to “civilization.” It was a full day. We stopped at a second village and visited some and on our way back we felled a large […]
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A Fresh Perspective

A Fresh Perspective

One of the challenges of returning to ones home country as a missionary is in not loosing the ability to see things with a fresh eye, with curious and perceptive, and in some ways with an outsiders perspective as one who has never seen such things before. The landscape – if I may call it […]
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Waiãpi Trip

Waiãpi Trip

Her husband whipped his head around to see if I was serious even though he was driving the car and without batting an eye his wife said, “Sure.” Not believing they would come through with their end of the deal I made them shake on it and began making plans. A month later we were off to visit the Waiãpi tribe in the remote jungles!
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A Late Thanksgiving Thought

A Late Thanksgiving Thought

Just the other day we were singing, “Count Your Many Blessings” in Portuguese and I thought to myself, “How many times have I actually stopped to see how many blessings I could count?”
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