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Finding Ministerial Balance in Doing Missions

On By missionmusingsIn History in MissionsLeave a comment

I have been teaching Missions History this term... one of my favorite subjects, although I am not sure whether I do a good job with it.   It is hard to make history "come alive." But had a couple of interesting insights that came from the class... particularly from comments made by the students. There …

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Balance in Christian Leadership

On By missionmusingsIn Christian Leadership, Encounters in Mission, Mission Theology1 Comment

A lot of times in Christian circles, we focus on the extremes. Extreme faith, extreme dedication, extreme charisma, extreme courage, etc. There is a place for that... and I suppose, it is reasonable that the heroes of the faith are often people of rather extreme temperaments, even (perhaps) collectors of personality disorders. They are people …

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