by sworel | Feb 10, 2020 | 2020, Musings
Stacy Creech, a missionary in Senegal wrote about “Goats and Goodbyes” in a recent Ethnos360 newsletter. Apparently, there was a move in her future and it was causing some anxiety in her heart. Change can do that. She wrote, “I was standing in our bedroom,...
by sworel | Feb 3, 2020 | 2020, Musings
Earlier this month, Christianity Today reported on the “Top 50 Countries Where it is Hardest to be a Christian.” Apparently, martyrdoms are dropping in number in Nigeria but soaring in Burkina Faso. North Korea tops the list, with Afghanistan and Somalia right behind...
by sworel | Jan 27, 2020 | 2020, Musings
I read a story this week that reflected on some early missionary efforts in the Africa bush. Apparently, some of the young converts were very earnest and regular in their personal devotional life. “Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would...
by sworel | Jan 20, 2020 | 2020, Musings
In Acts chapter 20, Luke records for us some words of farewell that Paul gave to the elders of the church in Ephesus. In a whole list of things, he urged them to remember, he remarks in verse 28, “Keep watch over yourselves and the flock of which the Holy Spirit has...
by sworel | Jan 13, 2020 | 2020, Musings
I recently read about some missionaries in Eastern Europe who are employing a creative method to start conversations about the gospel. Using social media, they have posted a single question referenced in the story about blind Bartimaeus in the book of Mark (10:51). In...
by sworel | Jan 6, 2020 | 2020, Musings
Right around the new year, most of us start to think about resolutions, personal organization, self-discipline issues and the like. In that context, I got to thinking about how many more years, days or hours I have left here on earth. That kind of focus caused me to...
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