Tag: Cross-cultural
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Christmas as a Missionary
As a missionary, Christmas can be a season which summons our most intense feelings of homesickness. -You are away from friends and family. No matter how broken family structures become, people always get together over the holidays. -The nation you serve in often does not “feel” like Christmas. The first warm weather Christmas I experienced…
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A Life Overseas Missions Blog
I am pleased to announce the Launch of a fantastic new site. A Life Overseas is a collaborative effort by current and former missionaries to speak about life on the missions field. Laura Parker and Angie Washington are spear heading the effort. Laura is a well known blogger who recently returned from serving in SE…
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Offense is a Two Way Street
I was sharing in a cross-cultural setting recently. Some people were struggle with the differences which are so inherent when bringing multiple backgrounds together. These weren’t issues of sin. In fact they were petty, personal preference issues. Yet they were driving a wedge between people. One person was telling another, “When you do this it…
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The Gospel is Foolishness
Do you ever feel like people think you are a fool for being a Christian? Does it seem like our faith does not make a lot of sense? I have a friend who is a former Muslim. He tells me he has many more reasons to be a Muslim than a Christian. He says, “Muslims eat…
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The Benefit of the Doubt
Today I welcome Sam Werner to NoSuperheroes. Sam and his wife, Ana, have served in several missions organizations. YWAM, IHOP, Iris Ministries, and Bethel Church in Redding, California are some of the places they’ve learned about missions and ministry. God has used them in children’s ministry, technology, healing prayer, and in everything practical that comes along…