Okay. I am here to help. Social media gets pretty confusing around Halloween time. People are, again, saying how evil it is for Christians to celebrate the day. In a few weeks more articles will come out talking about how Pagan Christmas is, and then three months later the same for Easter. No one complains …
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Years ago I went to a conference on Multi-site churches. Most of those who had mega-multisite churches were Independents--- not part of a denomination. But one of the main speakers did have a very large church that was multi-site and was part of a denomination. During the Q&A time, an acquaintance of mine and from …
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I finally got around to revising Theo-Storying: Reflections on God, Narrative and Culture. I expanded one chapter, and added an entirely new chapter. The new chapter is on the use of stories for theological reflection. I also fixed a number of little errors from the earlier edition. Curiously, I was able to keep it the …
I was looking at a blog of one of my favorite Asian theologians. His blog is on Patheos. Patheos appears to be a webspace that allows bloggers (especially theological or religious) to reside. I am not sure if they allow the bloggers to be monetized, but there are an awful lot of advertisements. Much of …
Going into Missions is often thought of as an act of letting go. One lets go of one's former job, one's home culture, and often many friends and even family. One might think that means that missionaries are good at letting go, but that is often not the case. In fact, the letting go in …
I have been writing more lately and so thought I would update my status on books that are and books that will probably never be. For the books that are you can click on my Amazon page.... HERE. With the exception of my medical missions, my books are not formally edited so they are what …