For a little light-hearted change of pace this week, here’s a short story I did recently for one of my Philosophy classes. The assignment was to write a story containing certain theories of education put forth by Robert Gagne and Albert Bandura. This, translated and adapted from the original Portuguese, was the result. ____________________ Friday…
As summer rolls around in the US, churches and camps begin to prepare for their summer programs. Once again, I would love to send your church or camp up to three free copies of Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess to be used as prizes or gifts. Just send me an email at brazilnut72 (at)…
Here are some pictures from our life over the last week. Be sure to click on them to see the whole thing. You can also subscribe to our Instagram feed and get these pictures as they are published. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) An unfortunate product name, especially…
What would you do if you looked out your back door and saw this? Personally, I don’t remember seeing this particular version in “Spiderverse”. ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that clicking on these Amazon…
On Saturday our dear friends from the Ebenezer Baptist Church held a farewell shindig for us. It had a kind of dual significance: not only are we leaving for furlough shortly, but we are also bidding a fond adieu to eight years of pastoral ministry at Ebenezer. From this point on out (actually, from January)…
I go weeks without reflecting on the difference in the quantity of melanin between my lovely wife and myself. I really do. Then somebody on Twitter has to go and weigh in on the subject. This week it was a blue-check named Clayburn Griffin, who responded to a tweet featuring non-PC comedian Bill Burr and…
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? A pastor friend of mine here in Brazil once told me of a man he visited several years back. As my friend encouraged him to take his spiritual growth seriously, the man looked at…
Mrs. Oliveira’s sixth grade class has done it again. Last week was Spirit Week at their school, and on dress-up day they decided to come to class as their favorite Missionary Max characters. Here’s the entire cast. Before scrolling down, see if you can figure out who is who. (of course, you will have to…
As per usual on Fridays, here are some pictures from our everyday life and ministry here in Brazil. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
One thing I have always wanted to do is share with world at large the wonders of this great nation called Brazil. A couple years ago I embarked on a project – a “side hustle”, if you will – of maintaining a website called Best of Brazil Blog. It was a lot of fun, and…