Sorry … no Jesus Jones video here. Right now I’m sitting in Gloria Jeans coffee Skyping with N. in Austria (and taking a picture of myself). He’s the founder/director of the Fellowship of Christian Refugees, which has recently opened a chapter in Nicosia. Together we’re disci...

…with Chicago. Everything went really well. We were in and out, ( and back in, and out again to get a $5 money order at the post office!) of the Brazilian Embassy in about an hour and a half. We encountered NO hassles, NO problems, and lots and lots of smiles. We should have our passports in h...

. Blog Against Theocracy (hello BlueGal!), because if you don’t, then who will? My first idea for a Blog Against Theocracy cartoon was a picture of a naked George W. Bush. He’s masturbating while a member of the Taliban reads to him, from the bible, a passage about stoning a woman to dea...

Going to the windy city! Michael was able to actuallly talk to a real person at the embassy today, who in turn went and spoke to the head honcho on our behalf ( not God) but the boss guy for the Brazilian Embassy, and he is granting our kids a temporary passport WITHOUT being registered! WHEW! Thank...

Oh why is it so hard for us to get into your country? Last night my mom was able to find one document from a lawyer dated back in 1988 that has my name and both parent’s names. The only thing is that although it is notorized and it is a legal peice of paper, it has my last name on it before I ...

Sitting in the IKEA cafeteria for our IFES team meeting today, we were discussing the most common objections we hear to the gospel among postmodern westerners - North Americans and Europeans. How can you believe in a God who allows so much evil in the world? How can you believe that a man (Jesus) is...

For a long time I’ve argued that trying to create a church without structure or institution is a waste of time and destined to failure. Lot’s of people have made a career (and money) from speaking/writing about what’s wrong with the contemporary church, but they’ve been less ...

Every week there are a handful of people who request copies of the sermon notes, and a few who receive them by email. A West African commented that he’s putting them together to use as a ministry resource when he returns to Africa. The others are mostly Asians who speak English as a second lan...

In spite of the fact that it’s a favorite of children, Noah and the flood is one of the most horrible stories in human history. God intentionally wiped out the entire human race and all living creatures with the exception of Noah, his immediate family, and the animals they could get in the ark...

Sunday night I was with a predominantly Nigerian church. Tonight was the Bulgarian house church. The issues, questions, and teaching styles have to change with each group. To begin the meeting this evening, I asked them to mention some things that they were thankful to God for from the past week. &#...