Category: Missions & Cross-Cultural
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Losing Focus
Over the last twenty plus years in missions I have learned we go through seasons. We are currently on a furlough, and it is times like these where you can see things in a clearer fashion. There is something which slowly and subtely was missing from my missions. I was not misusing ministry funds or…
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Please, Not Me!
Do you ever have days you wonder why God sent you? You doubt in the dark what you knew in the light? Questions about whether we are making an impact set in. As you contemplate your next big endeavor, you feel like saying… “Please, Not Me!” You are in good company. This is exactly the…
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Working Toward Heaven
I was out for a jog the other day and ran (pun intended) across a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses preparing for a Saturday of door to door evangelism. In the past, I’ve engaged in conversations with them about salvation by grace and not works, Jesus being God, or even their view that only 144,000 will…
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Broken Promises
I recently was at a wedding where the minister had everyone in the audience turn to their spouse and say, “I still love you.” It reminded me of how easily we make and break commitments in our modern culture. We all know the epidemic of broken promises involving marriage, but even in simple things we…
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See the Good
Many times in missions, we speak of the difficulties with greater frequency than the good things. We talk about racism. We speak of our various phases of culture shock. Stories of being hurt by those we work with abound. Even at times, we venture into difficult topics like trauma or loss. What of the positive?…