The Challenge of the Least-Reached —
The other day I was reading a missions piece that recommended a link to a blog by a person who has traveled to 50 countries doing mission. Besides the fact that the blog site itself was really designed to play to the fears of a western comfort oriented audience (being held at gunpoint, illness, dangerous […]
What fascinates me is that whether explicitly as in the Evangelical position where you intentionally place the bulk of your workers in the most receptive areas, or implicitly in the Pentecostal view in that you go where the Spirit is working, what you end up with is a kind of blank spot for […]
Periodically I read articles that advocate missions as a project with a short term approach. Interestingly, nobody arrived at those conclusions by an examination of the biblical text or of mission history. It is something that has been created by the intersection of technological innovation bringing growing affluence, ease of travel, and inexpensive […]
Now that my wife and I have been living and working cross-culturally for nearly 23 years, the question will often be posed to us, ‘How do you stay a long time?’
Younger people who are missionary candidates are often wanting to know the secrets of longevity as they contemplate moving into another cultural setting. I first […]
JOURNEY TO FAITH
Why did you become a follower of Jesus? Sorting out motives behind conversion can be a complicated project. Working with urban poor has made me very sensitive to this issue on two counts. The first is because once you place yourself among the urban poor with a desire to help them improve their […]
My wife and I work among the urban poor in Bangkok.One day I was finishing a prayer walk and I stopped to visit a family that I have been getting to know the last couple of years. They sell puang malai, small jasmine flower wreaths.
I first met them because their work takes four set of […]