Ryan Burge is a professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University (Click Here for his FB> He likes to share data regarding religion in America, with one specialization being looking at the term "Evangelical." A recent post he shared on FB regarding the term Evangelical was regarding different …
Continue reading “Evangelical”— What to Do When a Label Doesn’t Really Fit You Anymore?
I shared before my interview by Barry Phillips on "Not Finished Yet" that is on YouTube. Here is the same interview as podcast on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2raQDLNrV55KPI4hJGDSsJ
The title above is that of a paper I presented at the Southeast Regional Conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society, held at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC on April 11, 2026. The paper can now be found at Academia.edu. Click below to see it. ARTICLE AT ACADEMIA.EDU Or you can simply read it …
Continue reading Holy Defect: Metaphors and the Quest for the Perfectly Flawed Missionary
I was talking to a friend of mine. He was a missionary for many years and is still semi-active in that role. However, upon returning to the US, he looked into the possibility of serving as a Missions Pastor. That was something I had thought about at least on a couple of occasions. What he …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Did Samson Look Like Someone Who Might Have Sand Kicked in His Face?
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!
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 …
Continue reading Trying to Align Current Events with Prophecy was Bad Enough, BUT…
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," …