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Working the Room
Any regular calendar event stands to initially suffer from change, which is probably why change finds so little welcome in an organization. Well, we’re making two big changes in our Bible study in two weeks’ time. This week we changed our time from Thursday night to Saturday night, and next week we change locations from […]
None Of My Business
Began a new adventure today – that of discovering what it takes to establish a business here in China. Everyone at the business bureau place is kind of surprised that I don’t even know for sure what kind of business I want to start, let alone what I want to name it. Hard to explain […]
Egg-Basket Distribution
Feels a little strange not to have a Bible study on Thursday night. The overwhelming student consensus being in favor of a switch to Saturday night, we decided to go for it and tried our best to let everyone know. No one showed up at the house tonight, so that’s a good thing. Hopefully tomorrow, […]
A Generation of Learners
The following questions come from a recent comment from tesser. There were a lot of great questions in her post, and maybe I’ll be able to write some answers to some other questions later, but I wanted to first of all respond to those most pertinent to the main topics of this blog. Or at […]
Wisdom Or No Wisdom
Well, I think we’ve found the place. There was just one more place on the list, and it turned out to be just about perfect! Currently under construction, it is floor-less, kitchen-counter-less, light-less, and assembled-bathroom-fixtures-less. But even in this condition, it is by far the best candidate we’ve seen yet. A big room that should […]
Christians: Assorted Flavors
What can they do to help? As new believers come to Christ, what should we expect out of them? What can they do right away? How important is it that we set a precedent of action at the foundation of our work? How dangerous are the feelings of inadequacy and futility that new Christians experience? […]
Can I Be Honest?
Man, so much to write about lately, and so little time to do so! We had an… interesting leaders meeting tonight. We had seven students here with us that have made professions of faith already, and I meant to have a topical study tonight about the Word of God and our relationship with it. But […]
Strategy of Size
St. and I finally saw a couple places yesterday that really impressed us. In fact, it has raised some major strategic questions that I’ve been pondering for a while now. Nothing like a good crisis to force your hand! When we’re in a country like China, flying below radar is preferential at best, vital at […]
Misnomer
Wow. What a night. Any experience that finds you gagging on a fishbone in the bathroom at a kung-fu themed restaurant is quite memorable. I don’t know what I ate tonight. I wish I could describe for you in vivid detail what a “delicious Chinese meal” consists of. But I can’t. You really have to […]
Fearless
Another too-big-for-comfort Bible study tonight. We had somewhere close to 38 people in our house. Praise the Lord! It was pretty awesome, but we are really hurting for that new location. St. and I are scheduled to go hunting for one tomorrow, so your prayers are appreciated. Tonight was our last look at the claims […]
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