Reality Check

Reality Check

We’re in the States on Home Assignment right now. We’re spending time with family, we’re sharing about our ministry with supporting churches, we’re eating awesome food and getting fat…all the things that you’d expect a missionary family to do when they hit their home...
Feelin’ the luv!

Feelin’ the luv!

I am not a rapper. Actually, I am about as “not a rapper” as they come. I don’t have rhythm, I don’t like bling, I wear flannel shirts and hiking boots as leisure wear… you get the idea. Nevertheless, out of the vestiges of my youth, I was reminded of the lyrics of an...
We’re going to see a baptism!*

We’re going to see a baptism!*

We’re going to see a baptism. It’s going to be a fun one. What a beautiful day! We’re not scared. Uh-oh! A jungle! A big, dark jungle. We can’t go over it. We can’t go under it. Oh no! We’ve got to go through it! Stumble, trip! Stumble, trip! Stumble, trip! We’re...
My Pulitzer, Please

My Pulitzer, Please

I finished writing an epic saga the other day. Truly, it is literature at its finest. I am inclined to think that even the most critical of readers will be forced to grudgingly agree that it is destined for greatness. Literary enthusiasts around the world will be...
Contentment: Friend or Foe?

Contentment: Friend or Foe?

In our line of work, we are regularly challenged by the concept of contentment. This is especially true in the realm of material pleasures. Hardly a day goes by where I do not entertain the notion, “You know, this would be so much easier if…” And I don’t think it’s...
The Rest of the Story

The Rest of the Story

I once saw a video on YouTube of a chicken that could play a song on an electric keyboard by pecking the keys with its beak. It wasn’t epically amazing, or anything, but it was pretty good considering a chicken’s brain is dwarfed by a common green pea. I mention this,...