At the conclusion of my studies at both Cornell and ANU, I had oral examinations. I also wrote a thesis at Cornell and a dissertation...

(a Steve Orr Bible reflection)   I was so naive.   I might have expected language challenges if we had moved to, say, Scotland. But not...

I pause to comment that Wycliffe and SIL have been (and, to some extent, still are) different from traditional missionary agencies in one...

(a Steve Orr Bible reflection) In J. R. R. Tolkien’s  The Hobbit  and  The Lord of the Rings  trilogy, several characters fight over a...

Our sessions with Professor Pike were intensive, but I must have impressed him because at one of them he asked me, “Franklin (he never...

(a Steve Orr Bible reflection) I wasn’t supposed to read it.  I was 11 years old and exploring under the eaves in our attic when I found...

SIL, our overseas organization that complemented WBT, was not registered as a mission organization with the government of PNG. Rather, we...

(a Steve Orr Bible reflection) In a story I’ve considered writing, the three Bethany siblings are the children of well-off olive oil...

During our first term in PNG, Joice almost died. It was due to an ectopic pregnancy, misdiagnosed by a doctor when we were teaching in...

(A Steve Orr Bible reflection) I'm pretty sure where it went wrong was having the 11-year-old drive the tractor.  We were at the farm of...