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Monday, May 21, 2018

New IJFM Article- Jesus as Mwalimu: Christology and the Gospel of Matthew in an African Folk Islamic Context

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A Christological motif that has the potential to be especially powerful in African Folk Islamic contexts is the idea of Jesus as holy teac...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Story Warren: Parent as Poet

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This image has meant a lot to me as I've considered how the vocations of Preacher and Parent intersects with the role of Poet and h...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

May 2018 Newsletter

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Greetings from Montepuez! The rains seem to have finally stopped and the weather is starting to get a bit cooler.   That’s been a nice...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

On the Longevity of Bands and Mission Teams

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I was listening to a podcast recently where they talked about how rare it is to find bands that are able to stick together for more than a ...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Poverty: Then and Now

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How should we think about poverty’s causes and effects? That question has been an important one for us in our ministry here in Mozambiq...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Chickens vs. Rubies... and the importance of telling One Story

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Chickens are a part of everyday life here in northern Mozambique.  Their behavior really is puzzling.  I never fully understood the origin...
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Friday, January 5, 2018

January Newsletter and an Announcement

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Happy New Year from Mozambique!   Many of our friends have moved out to their farms, the rainy season is off to a healthy start, and ...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

Into All the World

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The Harding University Alumni Magazine asked a few missionaries serving in different parts of the globe to write a letter to the people they...
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Review of Canoeing the Mountains

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Check out my  Review of Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory  in Missio Dei: A Journal of Mi...
Friday, November 3, 2017

New Article in Missio Dei Journal

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Check out my new article in the Missio Dei Journal -  When Having a Bad Leader is Good: Processing a Negative Experience and Applying Leader...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Team Missions as a Collective Game

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Game playing has been a part of our mission team’s culture from the beginning.  While we were still living in the USA in 2000-2003 we would...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Story Warren: The Soundtrack of Childhood

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Check out a new post I wrote for Story Warren, The Soundtrack of Childhood , for some thoughts on what it means for the Islamic Call to P...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Acts and Allies

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Lately, the story of Philip has captured my imagination.  Acts 8 tells the story of his encounter with the Ethiopian Eunuch.  It is a power...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Charcoal and Rejection/Redemption

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I remember clearly the day that we learned the word for coal in Portuguese - carvão. Our mission team was in Lisbon to learn to speak t...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Counting and Makua Culture

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We speak the Makua-Metto language, but in the province south of us, Nampula, they speak a different dialect known simply as Macua or Makua....
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Friday, September 29, 2017

Ty Cobb, the Wrath of God, and the Power of Fake News

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Ty Cobb, as baseball fans are aware, is famous for being an amazing player.  He was the first person voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a...
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