Deuteronomy 23:12-14 “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. Because the Lord your God walks in the …
Continue reading Doing Some Theological Composting of Excrement Law of Ancient Israelites
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 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!
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 …
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, …
Continue reading Challenge of “Being Nice” in Religious Conversations
I was teaching a class in a small Bible School. This school is in a small country in Africa where Christianity is a minority religion. A couple of students brought up interesting questions that I did not realize were related. One of the questions was about doing missionary work in reaching out to Mormons (or …
Continue reading Using Other “Spiritual Writings” than the Holy Bible in Ministry
I know some are into New Years Resolutions. As far as I can recall, I have never done this. I think I am more open to the idea of year "theming." I have done this before and found it had some merit. This year, my focus is more on Missions writing. As a missions professor, …
I have been portraying "First-time Grandpa" in the last few weeks--- a role I had little preparation for. It has been fun and tiring. In terms of tiring, it has left me without a sense that I have much of anything to say. As such, I have posted little in the last few weeks. I …
Our Seminary, Philippines Baptist Theological Seminary, has recently decided to establish a publishing arm. If the symbol looks unfamiliar to you, it is simply Baybayin Script (ancient Philippine syllabary) for "P." Our formal launch with our first book is expected to be in January 2026. The 2025 edition of the Philippines Journal of Religious Studies …