Fighting an annoying fever today, but the Monday Mayhem must go on! From here in Brazil A creative, and beautiful, use of plastic bottles. On Second Thought Forget everything I just said. And While You’re At It …forget everything Pat Robertson says, too. Cute Couple A romance made someplace other than heaven. Coca Cola and…
Top Ten Ways… …to insure I’ll never revisit your church The Early Church on Abortion Not much in the way of ambiguity. Music in the Trenches A heartwarming (?) tale from WWI. Lego Creation of the Week Guarding the Gates of Gondor In the Groove No idea what the music was like, but this has…
This is long overdue, but what follows are some pictures and commentary from a trip I took with area pastors and laymen to the state of Ceará, where we participated in that state’s association meeting. As there are only two Regular Baptist churches in Maranhão, we participate in the Ceará state association. The four men…
Evangelical Growth in Brazil A Brazilian perspective. Call It Like it Is Ed Stetzer with straight talk regarding Schaap debacle. Publish or Perish …or both Missions Trips They are great for church planters too. Marriage Should it happen earlier? Lego Creation of the Week Enchanted Forest Endangered Sounds Remember these? Some of them brought back…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Our first Kids Club in the Rio Sao Joao bairro went better than we dared to dream. Here are some pictures of the event: At first, only a few kids showed up. Still, this was better than what we expected. Simone, Itacyara, Rose, and Francivaldo teach Romans 3:23 Of course there had to be puppets……
This group of young people (and young-at-heart people) will be visiting us here in Sao Luis from June 9th to the 18th. Their group is called F.O.C.U.S (Fellowship of Christians United in Service), and they are from our sending church in Lakeland, Florida. We are very excited about their visit, and the doors that have…