“If you don’t enjoy it here, go home!” That’s the advice Carlos (formerly Chuck) has for missionaries. To be an effective missionary, we don’t just need to understand the culture. We need to embrace it and enjoy it. Jesus engaged the culture he lived in. He went to...
This entry is from guest blogger Tara Miller, frequent co-author on my books. Over Thanksgiving weekend I visited an Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Sometimes it’s refreshing to go into a situation where everything is different so you don’t have preconceived...
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. 4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. 5 who by his...
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you...
I’ve been amazed over the last month of my recuperation by how many others have been willing to come around and help me. Various people have driven me around. Someone came out and set up a wheelchair ramp for my outside stairs. People will hold elevators for me. Total...
On the last evening of my trip to Mexico City over two months ago, I fell down some stairs. I turned my ankle, twisted my knee and banged it. My host called a doctor, whose best medical advice was that I should get back to the U.S. and have it treated there. After...
