Yes, it has been quite a week in the United States. A quick look at social media highlights the divide. Rainbows decorate the White House and Facebook. Christians the likes of Franklin Graham, Albert Mohler and John Piper have all addressed the issue of U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding gay marriage. I sense an undercurrent […]
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With a little help from the Reider family and our home church, Wolc (thanks!), we purchased a 1 year old 2003 Chevrolet Astro Van back in 2004. About four years ago, we “Mexicanized” the van, removing the Texas plates and putting Mexican plates on it. It has served us well. Some of the more memorable
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I spoke to Dave Miller this afternoon. He was in a hospital bed near Las Vegas. I told him about the arrachera and chorizo tacos I had a few days ago, topped with nopales and green salsa. Dave mentioned that he hasn’t eaten real food in days. Jello certainly isn’t real food. Dave went to
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Many of you reading this will think that I am fabricating today’s post. An overactive imagination maybe. Too many tongue tacos perhaps. Today is Día de la Candelaria, or Candlemas in English, is a weird mixture of virgin appearances, tamale eating, playing with ceramic dolls and a reference to Jesus’ presentation in the Temple in
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Word definitions are curious animals, especially when a new word or word phrase makes a debut. The American evangelical world has been inundated with fun new phraseology lately. Who are the New Calvinists, and do I want to be one? Are the emergents or the emerging the real heretics? Where is the Elephant room? No
I can’t help but think that we could be far more strategic in ministry and missions than we usually are. So much more could be done to combine the talents and spiritual gifts of the church in one part of the world with the fertile soil of another culture. The church (wherever it is) should know how to do this, because much of it requires faith. Faith really is amazing. A bit of risk almost always yields exponential results, both internally and externally. Yes, I’m using faith and risk interchangeably, because if you don’t risk something, it’s not faith, it’s just management. Management is a word that makes me drowsy just typing it out. Faith, on the other hand…
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I’ve had several conversations recently with churches desirous of making missions more relevant to their local congregations. Unfortunately a church missions program is often disconnected from everything else the church may be doing. A church believes in missions, so sending a check becomes what often seems the only way to be involved in world outreach
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