Very nice article that asks whether the Church (or church) can handle people who doubt. Can it welcome uncertainty. Is it a safe place to form, not just conform. Finding a place to ask the tough questions.
Month: January 2014
“Portrait of a Minister as a Young Man” or “East Meets West”
I am supposed to preach in church here in Baguio City the first Sunday of February. Thought I would do a reflection on I Timothy 4:12. It reads: Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and …
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You Can’t Get There from Here
A really really old joke. Maybe one should not even call it a joke, but maybe it is more of an anecdote. A salesman is driving through a sparsely inhabited bit of countryside. He comes upon an old farmer standing at the corner of an intersection of two roads completely lacking in directional guidance. <Typically, …
An ‘Introduction to Missions’ Book… hopefully.
Been trying to write an Introductory book for Christian missions. I suppose I should be working on it right now. I have written some short books before. I did one on medical missions (based on my dissertation)... pretty good, but short. I did one on the use of narrative in missions (a bit rough and …
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Our E-Journal
I decided to link to our ministry's e-journal (2013 journal). I feel pretty good about it... and it includes some of the work we have done with disaster relief in response to Typhoon Yolanda. I was the editor of it... but perhaps I shouldn't admit it. There are probably a lot of errors. I really …
STM: Between Colonialism and Paternalism
One of the wonderful things about studying Missions is that no one really knows what they are doing. Whenever one messes up... one is in good company. This is all too evident in Short-Term Missions. Unbridled Enthusiasm: Some churches now see the future as the demise of the long-term, cross-cultural missionary. Some of those in …