Archive for May, 2006

Ministry Burnout

Everyone in Christian ministry should read this:
http://theresurgence.com/mdblog_2006-05-24_death_by_ministry

9 who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,[27
2 Timothy 1:9 (ESV)
The call of God calls us from our sins: by it we are […]

I am fascinated by this pastor in Seattle, WA named Mark Driscoll. If anyone felt like they wanted to send me a birthday present, they could mail me a copy of his new book entitled “Confessions of a Reformission Rev.” Here are some quotes from his book that I borrowed from a book review at […]

Kyle is Married!!!

My brother in Christ, Kyle is finally married. Our friend Sara was at the wedding and she wrote about it on her weblog here:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/sarajeng&article_id=7464113
Here are some photos I copied from her photo album. Kyle and Jenny both appear to be very happy. On May 28th I am flying to Taiwan to visit him and his […]

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is fiction! I am very disappointed by the fact that two of my favorites in Hollywood were involved in the filming of this movie; Tom Hanks and Ron Howard, but they are not Christians and I shouldn’t expect them to act like
Christians. But, I am very excited that the Thai […]

May Newsletter

American monks: The trip to Ubon Ratchatani with Maha (one student I spend a lot of time with) was interesting to say the least. First thing is, before we left Maha and some other students were going on and on about how well the western monks spoke Thai and Isaan. The first thing I noticed […]

Blog Changes

I have recently had a revelation from God, this weblog needs direction. What am I writing about? Is it anything that strenghtens or emboldens the local church or is it something that bores my friends and family?
From now on I am going to try to update at least once every two weeks with, “What is […]

1 Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:1 (ESV)
I think this statement is included, not to show that all evil is caused by Satan, but to show that God will work together the bad things that happen together for our good and his glory. It is to show […]

Blog Changes

I am seriously considering changing my weblog location. What would be a good url that people could remember and I could keep for a long time? Does anyone have any good suggestions?