Many missionaries are plagued by doubt. Not usually about the message. At...
Deserts and Swamps
Deserts and swamps – neither very useful, both have water issues. One doesn’t have enough, the other has too much in all the wrong places. Good luck growing anything, building anything, or having much of a life in either one of these miserable locales. A little like relationships as they relate to discipleship. Some […]
Subliminal Racism
One of the great dangers of cross-cultural ministry is subliminal racism. That is, a prejudice based on race that operates under the threshold of our consciousness. Even people with the most color-blind of hearts are not impervious to this kind of influence, as horrible as it is. How does something like this happen, even to […]
Appreciation Beyond Words
Kind of a lopsided weekend. Really exciting service Saturday night, less so last night. Momentum is still building, praise the Lord. Probably the biggest reason for the difference in the services is that we’ve put a lot of emphasis on going out and meeting new people from that university. Plus the other university had a […]
My Culture Can Beat Up Yours
Culture is a community measure. So you can’t really blame everything someone does on their culture. And contrary to popular opinion, some cultures are better than others. Culture can’t be a neutral thing – sin permeates every aspect of our life in some way – how could culture be any different? Do you really think […]
Under The Hood Of Culture
What a mess. Busy week hasn’t let me post. You know what they say – the road to an out-of-date blog is paved with good intentions. My wife and I moved to a different part of town this week. Several reasons. First, it’s right next to the new church building, so I should be able […]
What I Believe To Be A Blog Entry
Really an exciting weekend. Had good services both nights, best attendance we’ve had since we’ve been back – really feels like we’re starting to build back some of the momentum we’ve lost. Third week of “Man vs. God” – talked about the consequence of sin. Hardly a popular belief of Christianity, but it really generated […]
Failing My Posse
The crew is back together again! T. just returned from his tour of some of the most famous cities and sites in China. The tour was some special offer for students with his major – about a hundred of them all traveling together. Last night, the five us got together for our first meeting with […]
Sleight of Hand
Just a couple more steps and we will have ourselves an official, completely legal business here in China. We have a few main reasons for doing this. First of all, having a student visa is alright, but it costs plenty of money and time every year that I would just as soon put towards something […]
Diagnostics
After a couple weekends back, it’s safe to say that we’ve lost a good number of regular attenders in the move to the new building. Strange, really. Hardly what we expected. The new building is closer to the campus than the old one. But I can think of at least several reasons why we still […]
I Feel Stupid
Yeah, I really do. Last night a student told my wife about a store in town that supposedly had a great selection of bulk item and imported goods. “Imported goods” was one of the first phrases we learned when we got to China. The Chinese and American cuisine are about as far apart as the […]
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