Mission at the Edges

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I want to respond to what Emily said in her comments to my recent post about singles (comment #6).
First, it is staggering to hear someone say, “Single women are second-class citizens in the mission world. There is NO ROLE for us besides PAs and children’s helpers, there are NO TEAMS that strategize how to utilize [...]

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Now I turn to those who have experienced the warm fuzzies of first love, the growing romance of serious commitment, the fireworks of the honeymoon and the daily blessings of companionship.  Marriage is without doubt a great blessing.  Whenever my wife and kids leave on a trip I enjoy the relative peace and quiet for [...]

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There is no rhyme or reason to explain why some find love early in life and others don’t.  Maybe the experts have figured it out, but I’d be surprised.  Whatever the reasons for people remaining single into their late 20’s and beyond, the universal  response people give them is genuine but misplaced pity.  We empathize [...]

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Tonight outside the US Center cafeteria at about 8pm, my daughter Jill fell on some skates, falling back ward and landing on her right arm.  There was a wound and her arm looked bent below the elbow so we suspected it was broken.  Barb Winter drove Cathie and Jill down to Kaiser Sunset.  The break [...]

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A typical scene in my house.  I think Julie was playing mommy.  It reminds me of what girls in INSIGHT look like before their first exam.

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Today I made a new connection.  In Dr. Winter’s 1974 address at the Lausanne Congress he was emphasizing the type of evangelism most neededthen (and now) – cross-cultural evangelism.  He was not so much focusing on unreached people groups.   These folks were unreached precisely because of the lack of cross-cultural evangelism.  That was his whole [...]

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This is an acappella choir from Slovenia…
African thunderstorm
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What do Islam-haters do with this?

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