Paul and Barnabas Ministering in Cyprus Roland Allen wrote his influential book "Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours," published in 1912. The book challenged colonial mission strategies. He suggests that we would gain greatly from following Paul's mission strategies. And generally I agree that there were many problems with the traditional way missions was being …
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This is a reflection on a previous post I wrote about David and Goliath. If you want to see the first one, you can CLICK HERE> 38 Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39 David fastened on his sword over …
A modest change to a story I wrote a few years ago: Photo by Ammar Ahmed on Pexels.com The kite hung on the back wall of the family garage. Most days it just sat there. Perhaps you might find it sad to be there so day after day in the dark. But for the kite, …
At church a few weeks ago our pastor was speaking about God's command to love one another. He then brought it around to politics. He spoke of the two major parties in the US (I am in the US right now, but will be soon going back to the Philippines). He said something like: "And …
Many years ago I thought I would try out Twitter. I hated it and so deleted my account. A couple of years later I tried again... maybe I hadn't given it a chance. I was wrong. I had given it enough time. I deleted my account again. {Now, perhaps you haven't heard of Twitter, but …
In one of my rare forays into FaceBook, I saw the following post shared by one of my friends (I still don't understand why people like to share other people's posts.... although I guess that is what I am doing here.) This is clearly a bit of American political advertizing. If you don't know the …
Many years ago, soon after I got married, a leader in our church began working with me, taking a role in mentoring me in life and ministry. We only did it for a year, give or take a bit, because I got a job that moved my family to a new city, but I valued …
One of my favorite topics is that of Doubt and Faith. I have long believed that doubt is not bad... but it is a precursor to faith. Recently I read an Islamic article where the writer said that doubt is a healthy first step to Islam with doubt leading to belief. I think I will …
I am working on an article (actually, hopefully it will be a chapter of a collaborative book. In it, I have a small section on "The Wise Fool." I am using it in the manner used in Robert Dykstra's book "Images of Pastoral Care" as the concept is addressed by Allistair Campbell, and Donald Capps. …
I don't do much social media. Outside of blogging, I don't do much. I update things on the Bukal Life Care group on Facebook, as well as the CPSP-Philippines Page. I rarely put anything on my page. The same applies even more to Linkedin. I do use Instagram, but exclusively to put up occasional photos …