Living the Dream
Once upon a time (starting in 2010 and running for a little over a year) Ben put in a lot of hours on a blog named “Assume The Best.”
It chronicled his life as a full-time staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ, attempting to make light of and encourage specifically around the process of raising financial support.
We had left staff at that point, and this writing is an interesting look into his process of grieving that loss, with an eye toward “becoming a writer.”
Here, in the order they were released, are those posts.
I’m excited to let you in on the very first shout-out submission here at ATB. (it was submitted via the submissions page)
Ginger Ruth Henry works for Mercy Ships. Here’s an excerpt Continue reading “Shout-Out Friday: A Little Ginger Goes a Long Way.”
This story was submitted via our submissions page.
There’s nothing missionaries like more than being given what feels like “the runaround.” Especially when it is from the church where we became a Christian.
Allow me to set the stage for the following email exchange.
I had been calling (on a daily basis) and trying to set up an appointment with Continue reading “What I (perhaps shouldn’t have) said to the Rude Pastor.”
I’ve written before about meeting in a place so quiet you feel like everyone in the room can hear you.
That’s a bad way to go, to be sure. But there’s a balance to be struck. If you’re not careful, you might end up in a Continue reading “Meeting in Obnoxiously loud Places.”
Not the show on NBC, even though I think it is pretty awesome too.
No, the type of community I am talking about is a bit different. Having just started work at two different “secular” (man, I hate that word/distinction) jobs, I have come face to face with the non-Christian world. Today at one of the two jobs (I’m not interested in slandering individuals or getting them into trouble, so I’ll leave out which one) I heard all about the extramarital Continue reading “Thankful Thursday: Community.”
Normally Fridays are for Shout-outs. But not this Friday. I’ll be back next week with some more folks to shout-out. But this week, I’ve got a question.
I’m looking for the best book written on missions and missiology. Comment below. Amazon link would be appreciated. I am looking to read up on missions in general, and missions fund raising in particular.
So, if you could only suggest one, which book would it be, in the genre of missions literature, and why?