I am in Hong Kong tonight with my family, waiting to fly out to the States tomorrow at noon. I know that I should have a whole bunch of interesting stories to tell about travelling through … Read more about Live from Hong Kong
Forced Removal
This has been a crazy year for us. As a result of the Tibetan riots back in March, we have lost well over $10,000 in our restaurant business due to the lack of any tourism. The government is just … Read more about Forced Removal
37 Hours on a Chinese Train!
My family and I are about 3 hours away from departing on a 37 hour train trip across China. We leave at 11:30 this evening (Monday) and arrive at our destination far to the south at noon on … Read more about 37 Hours on a Chinese Train!
More Visa Troubles
Once again, the very unreliable "authorities" of this great nation have given us something to pray about! This time, it is not my family's residence permits that are in question, but those of … Read more about More Visa Troubles
Why not Jesus?
We spend so much time talking about the many different faith issues that go on daily in our lives. We talk about our prayer requests. We talk about our plans for the future or what … Read more about Why not Jesus?
The Murder of the Handicapped
I found this sad statistic at Wikipedia's article on Down syndrome: "A 2002 literature review of elective abortion rates found that 91-93% of pregnancies with a diagnosis of Down … Read more about The Murder of the Handicapped
How to be an “Effective Vessel” of the Gospel
It has been a while since I tackled another question about missions/evangelism. The following question was asked by the same guy who asked the three or four previous ones. I have … Read more about How to be an “Effective Vessel” of the Gospel
Looking Relevant
"I was preaching somewhere in a town of 5,000 people and this guy [who was a street preacher] . . . had earrings and everything and hair all moussed and all this stuff because man, he was … Read more about Looking Relevant
Flash Flood
Late one night last week there was a flash flood in a nearby town. It evidently started pouring down rain at about 1:30 a.m. The rain fell so hard that it broke loose parts of … Read more about Flash Flood