Originally in the email that I read, this was going to be an English workshop. However, the speaker announced to us sitting in the room that he had decided he would speak in “Chinglish” instead. Cynthia was impressed that this white man who was born in Tennessee and went to college in California spoke so well. Speaking mostly [...]
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Tentmaking
Posted in definitions, missions, tagged Aquila, CynthiaLay, Paul, Priscilla, Silky, tent on Saturday, February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God of this city
Posted in missions, music, prayer, verses, tagged China, GreatCommission, HolySpirit, HudsonTaylor, RiceUniversity, Thailand, WilliamBurns on Friday, February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Harvey came to speak with us as part of our weekend missions conference. He was Pastor Brian’s classmate before he went to East Asia for thirty years. He’s married to Laura and have two children (Stephen’s in 11th grade and Michelle’s a freshman at Rice). He shared how a good leader would instill a sense of [...]
Good news of great joy
Posted in Christmas, missions, reprint, verses on Thursday, December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some words shared to a missionary’s teammates:
We had a Christmas service at school last week. Every year, it is a boring quiet service which only about 10 students gather, but this year, the three of us got to be involved in the planing with teachers, and this year it became such a blessed wonderful time!! [...]
Cross and Crescent
Posted in missions, prayer, tagged box, fbcc, fears, freedom, Islam, Muslim, revival, Tunisia, Uzbekistan on Friday, November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This early afternoon the FBCC team left for Tunisia. They will be back in two weeks (on Wednesday). Please pray for them. Also, we finally got an email from another team/couple who is also in a mass-majority Muslim country:
November 6, 2008
Dear Friends,
Email Failure. Many things have happened since we last wrote and most involve my [...]
All for love’s sake
Posted in Christmas, books, missions, music, reprint, verses, tagged BettyStam, China, FrankHoughton, hymn on Saturday, September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s worship quote of the week for 12/26/2000 is one of my favorite poems about Christ’s first advent:
THOU WHO WAST RICH BEYOND ALL SPLENDOUR
by Frank Houghton (1894-1972)
in Praying with the English Hymn Writers
compiled by Timothy Dudley-Smith, Triangle Books, 1994
also found in Hymns II, InterVarsity Press, 1976
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour,
All for love’s sake becamest poor;
Thrones [...]
