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Hard Rain A-Fallin’: Singing, and Struggling, before the King
In my last post, I talked about imagining God, the father, the king, singing to us. This post is about someone singing to a king—not the heavenly king, mind you, but Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, and...
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Missionaries, Ministers, Money, and Manure: Don’t Pile ’em Up, or So They Say
I once heard a friend (and fellow missionary at the time) say something on the order of Missionaries are like manure. Pile them all together and they stink, but spread them out and they do good things....
View ArticleFor Those in Authority, Let us Pray [—at a Life Overseas]
One summer when I was in college, I worked at a Salvation Army day camp. We kept the kids busy with lots of activities, lots of playing, lots of singing, lots of eating, and lots of Bible lessons....
View ArticleChristmas, 2, 3, 4
“This Airport’s Christmas Tree Was So Offensively Ugly They Had to Take It Down” [T]he people of Beirut, Lebanon were far from pleased with the Christmas tree that was standing in Rafic Hariri...
View ArticleEmbracing the Struggle
I’ll take inspiration where I find it, even if it’s from a book’s back cover . . . quoted at Amazon.com. The book is Bo M. White’s A Time to Question Everything: Embracing Good News and Bad Days. White...
View ArticleSing to the Lord, All the Earth
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds...
View ArticleGod’s Speed: Slowing Down, Listening, and Learning
Matt Canlis, an Anglican pastor, has some good friends who appear with him in the video Godspeed. Some are rather famous: Eugene Peterson and N. T. Wright (whom he calls “Tom”). Others are not so well...
View ArticleWe Are Mars Hill [—at A Life Overseas]
I’ve listened to the entirety of Christianity Today’s Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast with great interest, eagerly waiting for each episode to be released. But I’ve held off recommending it too...
View ArticleMissionary Stories and Hymn Stories: Saying “Amen” to “Depth and...
“British missionary William Carey is often called the father of modern missions,” writes Rebecca Hopkins in Christianity Today. “Adoniram Judson has been titled the first American missionary to travel...
View ArticleSing Along with Me: How Long? [—at A Life Overseas]
Returning to the States after serving overseas was a hard time for my wife and me. We were grieving our losses and were struggling with the difficulties we’d already faced and those we saw ahead. We...
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