Category: ATB

A while back, I posted this as a guest post at Stuff Christians Like. Today, the unedited version here at ATB. See if you can spot the differences!

At my grandfather’s funeral, the preacher stood up and shared all about what a sweet, gentle man my grandpa was. He went on for several minutes, and then called me up (one of the perks of missionary life–and this is not sarcastic at all–is to get the opportunity to speak at funerals.) I approached the microphone, and not knowing where to start, said “Well, I’m Continue reading “The unedited version: Christian-fying your house for the missionary visit.”

Last Wednesday I started this story, but in case you’re not down with clicking all the way through to that story and catching up, I met with a lady at a McDonald’s for a support appointment once.

What I mentioned in passing last week was that the lady was both “sweet” and “older.” To be more precise, she was somewhere around 70 years old, and hard of hearing. Continue reading “PlayPlace Adventures (continued)”

Stability, even if it is only imagined, is immobilizing.

Like a beginning gymnast on the balance beam, standing still is so easy that it makes it a fearful thing to take a step.

There was an entire year when I first reported to my missions assignment that I Continue reading “Thankful Thursdays: Uncomfortable Comfort”

Last week I really enjoyed the responses to the favorite missions book question. Some of those books were totally new to me, and have been added to my “to read” list.

I am not abandoning Shout-Out Friday by any means, but I’m confident that the readers of this blog are more insightful than it’s author in most cases, so any chance I can get to have folks contribute is a win for all of us.

I’ll return to the Shout-Outs soon. But this week I want to keep the dialogue going.

What’s your favorite hymn/missions related song, and why? If you can find a link to it on Youtube or iTunes or something that would be swell. Or just quote your favorite line or something.

Halfway through the appointment I realized that we had parallel, but definitely distinct trajectories. I wanted to share about what God was doing on the college campus and challenge her to join our team of financial and prayer partners. She wanted Continue reading “Doing some Ministry “Contract-work?””