

- 5 days ago
PUSH AND PULL
Have you ever felt like you were "pushed into" doing something? Perhaps you didn't really want to go to that party, but you were made to...


- May 23
SCIATICA AND GRACE
Both Joice, my wife, and I have dealt with sciatica problems—in fact, I am still “dealing” with mine. Joice’s was so severe that we...


- May 16
WOPA EKA
I am quite sure that you have never heard of Wopa Eka. He was a Lutheran evangelist and lay-pastor from the village where Joice and I and...


- May 9
THE BUSINESS MEETING
Our church has a business meeting every quarter, and I try to attend. About 30 people out of almost 300 “members and attenders” show up,...


- May 2
ROPASI: A LEADER AND A WISE MAN
I would like to introduce you to a former friend of mine named Nemola Ropasi. He lived in the village of Usa, in the Southern Highlands...


- Apr 26
Praying Together
Oh Lord hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. Psalm 143:1 It seems every...


- Apr 25
Sharing the Road
From the waiting area in my chiropractor’s office, I have a vantage point of the heavy traffic five stories below. I can remember going...


- Apr 25
ONE HUNDRED STORIES (AND COUNTING)
The translation for “one hundred” occurs 86 times in both my New Living Translation of the Bible and in the NIV. It is often a unit of...


- Apr 18
SILENCE
DaySpring church places an emphasis on “silence,” and sometimes when I see the word, I think of the book by Shusaku Endo by the same...


- Apr 11