When I was born, my Dad was pastoring the Dryden Baptist Church in Dryden, New York. We lived there until I was four years old. Yet, despite having known me as a toddler, this church has faithfully supported our work here in Brazil for many years. Last week was their annual Vacation Bible School, and,…
This morning I got to do one of my all-time favorite things: talk to a group of kids about missions, Brazil, and Missionary Max. This time it was at the invitation of Miss Elliot of the Portage Christian School in Portage, IN. They recently added the Missionary Max books to their library, and thought it…
The students of Portage Christian School in Portage, Indiana (love the logo!) will now be able to immerse themselves in the wild missionary adventures of Missionary Max. Both Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess and Missionary Max and the Lost City have been added to the school library. We can’t help but think that these…
The following is chapter 32 of Missionary Max and the Lost City, entitled Gun Control. It features brand-new original art by artist-extraordinaire Zilson Costa. Tanawehe, Max, Ilana, and Mary Sue stood at a curve in the canyon. Before them was a rock wall that rose several hundred feet into the air. The rock wall on…
The following is section of Chapter 18 of Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess, entitled Traditional Values. It features brand-new original art by artist-extraordinaire Zilson Costa. In the previous chapter, our hero spent a day as the guest of the lovely Ilana at a festival of the native Yamani people. Though the day was enjoyable,…
Death-defying taxi drivers, corrupt government officials, hordes of angry natives, Nazi robots… Wait…did you say Nazi robots? Yes. Yes we did. It’s all in a day’s work for the one and only Missionary Max. Missionary Max is a fictional character created by real-life missionary Andrew Comings. He (Max, not Andrew) is something of a cross…
Our recent trip to Fortaleza brought back memories of my first moments in Brazil. The post below shares one of the more intense experiences I had in those days. It is a re-post from a few years ago, back when only part of the first Missionary Max book had been published. I have edited it…
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Here it is folks. I’ve been keeping this under wraps for almost a week now, and I cannot do it any more. Without further fanfare…Zilson Costa‘s spectacular cover for the second book in the Missionary Max series: Missionary Max and the Lost City. Edit: If you have not read Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess,…
The “backstory” behind the cover art for Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess. Zilson Costa’s site. The Missionary Max fan page