Everybody wants to be unique, to have something about them that nobody else in the world can claim. I think I was the only one in the entire world to have had this experience. It was about ten or fifteen years ago. But let me back up. When we were missionaries in Kenya I read [...]
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For many reading this blog, the information I am about to share is not new. Remember, I finished my doctoral studies back in 1989, so I have not been doing a ton of work in the library. A lot of my writing is done with the aid of current books since I write mainly about [...] Robyn and I just returned from a week of vacation in Texas. We rented a car and drove to San Antonio and the surrounding “hill country.” While there we learned that it was fiesta time, and that if we returned we could participate in NIOSA. We had no idea what that meant, but learned it stood [...] Several years ago I was asked to join the team of contributing editors to the news magazine, Christian Standard. This magazine is the longest contining magazine in America, approaching its 150th year anniversary. The capable editor is Mark Taylor, a good friend to many people. Mark is joined by Paul Williams, another friend. Each year the contributing editors [...] I graduated with a degree in anthropology from the University of Oregon back in 1974. As a college student, I enjoyed going to the various sporting events at the university. I saw such luminaries as Dan Fouts, Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore at the time), Russ Francis, George Martin (football), Ron Lee, Greg Ballard (basketball), Dave [...] We have hosted a gathering for missions professors, missiologists, and missions trainers now for about a dozen years, picking up the meeting after it had been idle for several years. The one day event takes place at the annual National Missionary Convention. Attendance ranges from 20 to 40 each year. It is an occasion where [...] We had an opportunity to take a bullet train, something I had never done before. Believe it or not, it got up to 348 kilometers per hour, which translates to 215 miles per hour, by far the fastest I have ever gone on earth. Then, a few hours later we took the magnetic levitation train. [...] When I was in Oregon last March I had a workshop at Mayfest, a day-long event for Seniors. Accompanying me was my trusty side-kick, LeRoy Lawson, who had main billing. My workshop focused on trends in missions and how those trends related to seniors wanting to be involved in mission efforts. LeRoy read my notes, offered some suggestions, [...] I’ve been fortunate to have done a bit of traveling, so I thought I would share my top ten rocks, in no special order. 1-3 I heard that the three largest ‘stand alone’ rocks in the world are the Rock of Gibraltar, Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast, and Beacon Rock on the Washington side [...] The folks at Eastside Christian Church really know how to communicate! This past week-end was the second Sunday in their “Beyond Series,” moving the church from beyond where it is now to where God really wants it to be. “Beyond works” — the Gospel consists of not only doing good deeds but also sharing the [...] |
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