Arrival

Arrival

Our high-caliber team arrived in India and has had a strong start. Remember to pray for their continued adjustment to the 10 ½ hour time change, different foods, cultural differences all around, strong health, and being away from their families. Their interactions...
DIVULGING INFORMATION

DIVULGING INFORMATION

One of the biggest challenges I have as the global impact director at our church is keeping everyone digitally informed of what our global partners are doing in parts of the world that are hostile to our Christian faith. I would love to tell you more, have you pray...
Quotables

Quotables

I keep a book of my favorite quotes. The ones below are from people in other cultures. Enjoy. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him – Oswald Chambers (ministry in Egypt) God expects His children...
BELIEVABLE LIVES

BELIEVABLE LIVES

When I read Romans 2:17-29, Paul is telling the Jewish followers of Christ that they are not living believable lives. Born to Jewish parents and circumcised, they are relying on their Jewishness as the more important credential versus a heart that is right with God...
What a gift we were given…

What a gift we were given…

Connie and I had the joy of hosting all our children and their families for a week over Christmas. What a gift this was to us, as they all live on the west and east coast. We had good talks while they were here, but mostly we just enjoyed being with each other, good...
Christmas Strange and Familiar

Christmas Strange and Familiar

Giving of gifts at Christmas is common around the world. Food is even more common at Christmas, but done in a variety of ways. For example, we slaughtered a cow and had 250 people over for Christmas Eve lunch in 1991. The chai servers carried around 5-gallon buckets...