Watch this video of me explaining the meaning of Christmas to my fictional Hindu friend Gita in a 1-minute and a 10-minute answer.
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Watch a video of me role-modeling how to explain the meaning of Christmas to your Muslim friends in a 1-minute and 10-minute pretend conversation.
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Let’s take a walk through John 15, and a Brazilian countryside, as we explore which of three branches you are—and Jesus’ secret to spiritual fruitfulness.
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I know that young girls think they are fighting for women’s rights when they fight for abortion. But in this Replay video, I answer questions I’m hearing from young women about the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, so they know how to REALLY fight for the rights of women…and why the abortion issue matters across the street and around the world.
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A colleague who lives overseas told me something that bothered me. He shared how many spiritual conversations cross-cultural workers in his country had every week. And it got me thinking about how many WE have each week.
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Watch me role model how to explain Easter to my Afghan International Student friends, when they asked me! (Hint: You can do this too).
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What happens exactly the minute we die—during the in between time when we don’t yet have our brand new resurrection bodies to unite with our spirits? When we aren’t yet where we’re going to be living forever? Here are characteristics of the present Heaven.
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When you read the Bible, ask, “If these words from God are true, how could I obey this? How could I live it out in my everyday life?”Try being SMART about it—Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Timely.
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gotta say, this is one of the most comfortable interviews I’ve experienced as a guest on a show. Bucky Elliott just launched The E&E Show on his YouTube Channel and asked me to be a guest telling stories and equipping you with practical to-do’s on WHY and HOW to get out there and make your own international friends right where you live.
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Want a jam-packed with insight five-minute video interview on how I found purpose across the street when I couldn’t go around the world? You’ll also get a peek into the church where our family worships in the round. Listen to my interview with our pastor Palmer Chinchen at The Grove—and then keep listening to his message too.
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I sat on a Mexico beach and watched a disciple making story play out. I learned eight lessons from a teenage fisherman who taught his little sister to catch her first rock bass on the Sea of Cortez.
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We are Hagar sometimes. Refugees are always Hagar, sitting in the wilderness of a new country, placing the things important to them one hundred yards from their heart so they don’t have to watch them die.
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One of my 18-year old son’s best friends just died in a tragic motorcycle accident. We are grieving with our hearts split open, bleeding out our tears with no words, a constant, heavy pain in our chest. It’s also Good Friday this week. It feels like Dark Friday.
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I asked my father, who’s lived 76 years, traveled to dozens of countries, and lived overseas over half of his life this question: What are major news stories you can remember living through? We turned his fascinating answers and reassuring reflection into a guest post.
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Perhaps the process of following Jesus, of becoming his disciple, could happen BEFORE our friends came to saving faith, and not just AFTER.
It can, and maybe it should.
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It’s not often that a graph changes the course of my life. But this one did. It’s the chart in the Perspectives and PathWays courses that show only 2 long-term cross-cultural workers going to every million Muslims; 5 going to every million Hindus; and 6 going to every million Buddhists.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give people new life. But we can do specific things to foster opportunity for spiritual conversations and action with our friends. Encourage each other to follow Jesus with this list of questions to ask yourself every time you visit your cross-cultural friends! (Or anyone, for that matter!)
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Guest Post on HarperCollins FaithGateway, “God wants to comfort us, is moved by our tears, and wants to reveal His plans for our good future. And, He wants us to share the hope of Jesus with those who are still in the desert, who still need water, who still feel abandoned and fearful.”
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