Twelve Years
Married to this beautiful creature! I know, I know, the official date was Sunday, but I had no internet connection then. The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1, 2 and 3 are now available for Kindle and Nook!
Monday Mayhem
By my watch, it’s still Monday. So here is a little linking mayhem for you to start your week… From Brazil Cutting crime and energy costs…at the same time. The Tree and the Cross Some theological goodness from John Chrysostom. All my Upstate NY peeps should get a kick out of this…especially the ones that…
Concerning Cultural Adaptation
A few days ago a friend from the US contacted me with the following question, part of an assignment for a college course he is taking on missions: Did you run across any problems when you first became a missionary, primarily equating the foreign culture with your own? Were there any setbacks if so? If…
Musical Interlude: How To Write a Country Song
It’s easier than you might think. via The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1, 2 and 3 are now available for Kindle and Nook!
Max Moment: The Hawker Hart
A Hawker Hart in flight. img src In Max’s first adventures on Cabrito, a World War Two airplane called the “Hawker Hart” plays a key role. Here is what the book has to say about the plane: “The Hawker Hart was an airplane whose time never came. A sturdy biplane built by Great Britain between…
Monday Mayhem
Here is our ever-popular weekly list of assorted links for your edification, and entertainment. Got a new church website? How to bring it up to speed. Who is really being marginalized here? Hint: it’s not Anderson Cooper. DJ Turntables For those 1910 grooves. “In America, they haven’t spoken it for years.” And in Texas, it…
Moving Day
Many of you were aware that we spent last week moving from one part of Sao Luis (the Parque Timbira neighborhood) to another (the Turu neighborhood). We are very happy with the new house God has provided for us, and for the new area in which we live. The official moving day was Thursday, and…
Monday Mayhem
My house is strewn with boxes, the phone is ringing off the hook, and my schedule just keeps filling up. The term “mayhem” seems especially appropriate today. So, after a week off while hosting the FOCUS missions team, here is this week’s collection of random links. More than a Dream A fascinating interview with Phil…
FOCUS Report
Once again Itacyara and I have had the privilege of hosting a team from the US. This is our fifth team since we arrived on the field in 2005, and the second to visit us from Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland, FL–our sending church. Every team that has come down has been an adventure, and…
Amazing Picture
I didn’t take this picture, it probably won’t win any photography awards, and most likely nobody will “repin” it on Pinterest. Yet, this is a truly amazing picture, for several reasons. * It represents men from two congregations here in São Luís–Kerigma and First Baptist–working together at our camp property. * It was taken at…