Attending the conference, I thought I would share a few takeaways from it. The way the conference is set up, everyone joins in the initial plenary address (being the meaning of plenary after all). After that, the rest of the day is several breakout sessions, 5 at a time. Because of that, one can only …
Southeast Regional Conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society 2026 (Part 1)
My wife and I were able to join the EMS 2026 Southeast Regional Conference, April 11, 2026. It was held at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Like last year (the only other one I have so far attended). it was really a lot of information jammed into too little time. Nevertheless, it …
Did Samson Look Like Someone Who Might Have Sand Kicked in His Face?
I recall the comic books from the 1970s with the goofy advertisements. Along with the Sea Monkeys and X-Ray glasses was a mini-comicstrip advertising an exercise regimen associated with bodybuilder Charles Atlas (aka Angelo Siciliano). His regimen, built around "dynamic tension," I believe, was promoted to teenage boys. The short comic had a scrawny young …
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Holy Week as an Act of Protest
I don't repost very often. However, we are entering Holy Week 2026 and post I did regarding hope seems more relevant than ever. https://munsonmissions.org/2016/02/04/as-a-protest/ Happy Protesting Week!
Trying to Align Current Events with Prophecy was Bad Enough, BUT…
I used to be very involved in End Times prophecy. I suppose this depends on how you use the word "Very." I certainly read a lot and listened a lot back in my college days (40 years ago). Back then Hal Lindsey and Jack Van Impe were all over the place. This was before the …
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The Gospel Blimp, in Comic Form
One of my favorite "modern" Christian stories is "The Gospel Blimp" by Joseph Bayly. It is a short (long short story, or novella) tale that is not only humorous but gives a great lesson regarding ministry. Since that lesson has a lot to do with a book that I am writing (still called "Slow Missions," …
The MK Song
Tom Shaw was kind enough to put the Grady Toland concert held at Cedarville University (nee College) back in the 1980s onto YouTube. Grady was not a music professional. He was a missionary who was invited to do a bit of a music show at Cedarville. That may have been the first and last time …
Defining Christian Missions… Again
I was looking at an old post of mine from 2011 (Missions: A Self-Reflection – Missional Thoughts and Theology). I saw there some comments I had written on defining missions, and I really liked them. I am not sure I would use them to replace some other definitions I have come up with (such as …
Challenge of “Being Nice” in Religious Conversations
I was watching one of only a few Religious YouTube channels I peruse--- Gospel Simplicity. In this one, the creator was communicating about what he liked about the Catholic church. It should be noted that the creator is not Roman Catholic. He is actually Anglican. He likes to bring together dialogue between Roman Catholics, Protestants, …
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The God of Big and Small
Years ago I lived out in the country, on a hill. It was known as "Woodchuck Hill," and that may indicate how disconnected it was from cities and towns. Light pollution was not a thing there. If I walked outside of my house on a clear moonless night, the only artificial light was from a …