Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Disaster Response

I am taking a bit of a break from blogging for now. We live in the Philippines and have been walloped by disaster. Strangely, the Philippines has been doing fairly well of late with good economics and the perception (at least) of less corruption. But then came three big disasters: Kidnapping and village burnings in …

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Article on Elijah and Crisis Care

Wrote an article, "Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in the Context of Crisis Care." If you want to read it, it is in the magazine that can be downloaded (pdf) at the link below. I think it is a pretty decent article on the topic (although even after about 5 or 6 cycles of …

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Medical Mission Events in the Philippines, Part I

Since my dissertation for medical mission events in the Ilocos Region, Philippines has been approved, I am going to start putting a few posts together that look at some aspects of this. I particularly focused on the role of churches in medical missions who wish to have long-term impact in their community. A.  What are …

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