Monthly Archives: April 2015

This post is for people with fish breath. Let me begin by saying that I do not generally address a topic such as this in my blog posts because it is written to an audience other than the three people who read my posts. I confess I am intrigued by the title of Wolsey’s book, […]

How do we find missional direction for our church? So if we determine that scripture really does expect more of us than sending our money to some mission organization and that we should be engaging unreached people, how do we discover where to go? The Holy Spirit clearly directs the church throughout the book of […]

Working among the Bambara people of Mali I discovered a new appreciation for proverbs. They have one for so many dimensions of life. One of my favorite is, ‘No matter how long a log floats on the river, it can never become a crocodile.” When I asked what does that mean, I was told, it […]

In some cultures it is considered poor manners to sit in such a way as the bottom of your feet show. Imagine what Jesus’ actions in the upper room must appear like to those who consider feet to be such a dirty part of the body as to be offensive. While Leonardo Da’Vinci’s painting of […]

“I want to eat some real Mexican food”. Those were my words just recently. My desire was fulfilled today without leaving the country. I did not even leave the neighborhood where I was working at the time. One of the Malians who travels with us out to the bush (formerly our driver) does not speak […]