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Musings on Mission, Life, and God

English - Missions, Thailand, Ministry
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 1W ago

Rubber Time

In a recent conversation with a friend from Malaysia, I found a new term that fits how time is seen in this part of the world. I struggle with the fact that not everyone means the same thing when they say “on time”. To some people 6 pm means 7 pm. The idea of punctuality [...]
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 1M ago

Reflections from Songkran

As I get a few days away from Songkran, the Thai New Year, I wanted to give some observations of the Thai customs. Songkran, once a polite and formal holiday in which young people splashed water and went to their families to show honor to their elders. Blessing, cleansing, and honor mark the holiday
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 1M ago

Back to Blogging

Wow, where has the time gone. Life really sped up the past few months with some transitions in assignment and moving to a new house. Also, Tina started her own blog and hasn’t been able to guest post as often. The blog caught the short end of the stick or got the raw deal. I [...]
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 3M ago

A Favorable Status

As I was handing back our condo keys to the owner, I was explaining more about why we were moving. I explained that Andy’s job responsibilities had changed. Our land lady then asked me a baffling question, as she knows we are missionaries. “What do missionaries primarily do? Do you mainly teach Engl
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 3M ago

Culture and the Biblical World

When we first moved to Thailand, multiple people in Thailand told us that Thai culture is closer to Biblical culture than American culture is. It was preached that way and widely spread in the church we serve. Multiple reasons were given: first, Thailand is an agricultural society, even if Bangkok i
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 4M ago

Face Time Matters

At some level we all understand ministry flows out of relationship. We are able to serve people through relationship and influence out of the relational equity we have with people. Relationship underpins everything in mission and ministry. Yet how relationships play out varies from context to contex
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 4M ago

Children’s Day

Children’s Day is an important day of celebration in Thailand. Everyone pauses to think about the future, and those that are the future of the country, children. There are fun celebrations to take your kids to, many of them free for children, as well as speeches from politicians. Thailand wants to h
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 4M ago

Our Story

Our mission sending agency/ denomination, The Foursquare Gospel Church, wrote a missionary spotlight on my wife and I. It tells about our ministry and what we are doing here in Bangkok, Thailand. You can read it here.
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 4M ago

Standing Alone

I wanted to share this story from our newsletter here on the blog. It is a story of a young boy, we’ll call him Jack. Jack, at age nine, has already faced difficulty beyond our wildest imaginations. He has grown up in a nearby slum to the church, been given to a foster family when [...]
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Musings on Mission, Life, and God · 4M ago

Emmanuel- God With Us

This week, a good acquaintance of mine asked this question at a post-Christmas dinner. How do you need God to be Emmanuel in the New Year? In 2012, I see Emmanuel, God with us, being a driving prayer of mine in Thailand. We want the Thai people to see God as real and accessible. We [...]
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