by Seth Callahan | Jun 18, 2019 | Jungle Pests, Missionary Family
Not everyone knows this about me, but I have insomnia. It first started right about the time we arrived in PNG and began our language study in 2015, and it has been going strong ever since. Now, I know that correlation does not equal causation, but I am a Millennial,...
by Seth Callahan | Jun 8, 2019 | Missionary Family
I was going to write about language-learning woes today, because that is where my mind is at these days. As I pondered my potential prose however, I was reminded of a post I did a while ago on that same subject. I went back and reread that other post and was impressed...
by Seth Callahan | Jun 3, 2019 | Missionary Family, Past Ministry
The other day, I started a post off with a fictitious account of a man named Stuart. It was meant as a playful anecdote containing a thinly veiled moral lesson: Give to charity or end up as a grease smear on the highway. Well, within 24 hours of my posting that story,...
by Seth Callahan | Jun 1, 2019 | Missionary Family, Past Ministry
Once upon a time, there was a man named Stuart. Stuart was a somewhat selfish man, who thought only of himself. One morning, after purchasing his usual, over-priced, unnecessarily specific, probably organic coffee, he was strolling along, and he met a kind-hearted...
by Seth Callahan | May 28, 2019 | Missionary Family, Past Ministry
Often, I write about specific incidents that I’ve experienced in our overseas “adventure.” Sometimes, I write about broader, more topical subjects. But, mostly, I just whine about petty personal inconveniences as though they are on equal standing with the Kennedy...
by Seth Callahan | May 16, 2019 | Missionary Family
[EDITOR’S NOTE: None of what you are about to read is intended as “fat shaming.” It is simply the retelling of a story that was communicated to me via a reliable source. Each reader is responsible for their own emotional response to the content. For my part, I’m just...