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3 min read 2022-02-10 21:00:00

When Culture Shock Makes You Cuss

It was summer 2008, and I was the only female in my language class. It was my turn to say a simple past-tense sentence, and I had once again managed

5 min read 2022-02-09 04:27:04

A hand reaches out. I can see it coming, and I wince and turn away. I resist. It feels like it’s asking me for more, and I don’t have any more

4 min read 2022-02-02 00:28:31

We were on our way home from church and stopped at a petrol station. We fished around for cash; credit cards weren’t an option in our host

5 min read 2022-01-19 02:42:59

by Tamie Davis When asked about the value of African theology for Western Christians, the late Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako said, “Well,

7 min read 2022-01-14 04:28:04

by Katherine Seat “Aren’t you scared while your husband is away?” “I’ll lock the door at night, and the windows have bars on

5 min read 2022-01-08 04:56:34

My parents had their life all mapped out, and then their baby was born with chromosomal abnormalities and died at home, surrounded by tubes and

4 min read 2022-01-05 04:56:42

by Rahma Old Testament prophets were often called to do ridiculous things. Cook food using human waste as fuel. Shave their heads and let the wind

2 min read 2021-12-30 20:12:00

My favourite thing about Christmas has always been the name Immanuel, and what it really means. To have an omnipotent creator God who saw that the

4 min read 2021-12-14 20:59:00

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place

1 min read 2021-12-10 22:34:06

by Krista Besselman Author’s Note: I wrote this poem for my 2020 Christmas newsletter. This year it feels like people need it even more. When the

3 min read 2021-12-09 00:56:43

As Advent begins, I think about my current cross-cultural work of loving refugees from all over the world. I think about you loving the peoples and

4 min read 2021-12-06 22:20:44

by Katherine Seat Streams of uniformed children walked into school, trampling on the scattered grey snow. As I watched from my window, I couldn’t

4 min read 2021-12-06 22:20:44

by Katherine Seat Streams of uniformed children walked into school, trampling on the scattered grey snow. As I watched from my window, I couldn’t

4 min read 2021-12-02 12:28:14

During my first year on the mission field — twenty years ago now — I read Elisabeth Elliot’s only novel, No Graven Image. I immediately

5 min read 2021-11-30 19:00:35

by Ann Bowman For every missionary who takes up their cross and follows Christ to the ends of the earth, there are parents and family members whose