On Friday I gave a shout-out to Mike Mehaffie (click here to read it!), a friend of mine in ministry with Campus Crusade who has been in full-time ministry for as long as I’ve been alive. Continue reading “Should Missionaries Send Impersonal Prayer Letters?”
How to Accidentally Ask Someone Out: a Guide.
I have five relationship “assists.” That’s where the girl marries the next guy after breaking up with me.
There’s a fun conversation:
Friend: “Hey Ben, did you hear that {insert name} is getting married?”
Ben: “No, no I didn’t. And to think, we were just dating three months ago!” Continue reading “How to Accidentally Ask Someone Out: a Guide.”
Thankful Thursday: It’s not wrong, it’s different.
Once when I was overseas, in a country with a near-desert climate, I watched a woman use preciously scarce water to wash a stain off of the sidewalk in front of her house. She poured gallon after gallon of water literally down a storm drain, in spite of the fact that there was a ration for water in town.
Continue reading “Thankful Thursday: It’s not wrong, it’s different.”
Shout-Out Friday: The Comers.
Ever been on a double date with a couple that wasn’t calling themselves a couple yet?
Jacqueline and I were in South Korea for a conference, and our friends Clyde and Jenn were there as well. Continue reading “Shout-Out Friday: The Comers.”
Being referred to wealthy non-Christian neighbors.
I can’t be sure, but I think I was weaponized once.
I had finished my support presentation, and challenged folks to join with me financially and prayerfully to reach students with the gospel. They had committed to give monthly toward that goal.
Then, out of nowhere, they commissioned me to be God’s answer to prayer regarding their wealthy next-door neighbors. Continue reading “Being referred to wealthy non-Christian neighbors.”