Aug
31
Finally Hurricane Harvey, now a tropical depression, is moving away from Houston and heading north. Yet Americans still watch and pray as the extent of the damage becomes more clear. An enormous flood produced by an unheard of 50+ inches of rain is scarcely imaginable. People have lost homes and...
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Aug
15
We sat down with Associate Director (and Frontier Fellowship veteran) Cody Watson to hear his reflections from the New Wilmington Mission Conference last month. Which speaker or topic struck you in a particular way? What idea has stayed with you since being at the conference? Two of the speakers stuck with me....
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Jul
31
Last week I had the privilege of attending the 112th annual New Wilmington Mission Conference in Pennsylvania. It was a rich time of reuniting with colleagues and friends, making new connections and hearing stories of God at work. This year’s conference featured several speakers whose ministry is focused on the Muslim world. Sunday...
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Jul
21
How in the world did a Lutheran pastor in Khartoum, Sudan, a man from Darfur and a Presbyterian woman from New Wilmington, Pennsylvania become coworkers in God’s mission? God has a beautiful way of weaving together the most unlikely partnerships to share the Good News of Jesus. I live in...
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Jun
29
I spent the month of May in northern Thailand, drawn by a teaching opportunity through Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. I joined my friend, Todd Johnson, in Chiang Mai for two weeks as we helped six students study global development. The students are enrolled in Gordon-Conwell’s Doctor of Ministry program on Global Christianity....
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Jun
15
Since returning from South Asia, where I visited with believers in the foothills of the Himalayas, I’ve pondered a question posed to the attendants of the Call2All conference for mobilizing Asian outreach to the unengaged. What does Good News look like? Asian evangelists at the conference listed mosquito nets, midwifery...
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May
04
I have a confession to make. Although I was born and raised in South Korea, I didn't really know much about North Korea other than hearing occasionally about its dictatorship and poverty. When I was a child, I even thought North Koreans were a group of monster-like, brainwashed maniacs. In...
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Apr
15
I heard a pastor recently talk about Jesus the King in the context of the Palm Sunday parade heralding Him as David’s heir and Israel’s king. Hosanna, Son of David! Ride on, ride on in majesty. Of course, we modern disciples know that Jesus’ kingship was a subversive one, emphasizing...
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Apr
06
Blessed with the residual effects of jet lag, I awoke each day pre-dawn, my alarm the rooster’s crow. Then came staccato barks of neighborhood dogs, and in the distance droned the sound of traffic accentuated by the incessant horns in a city that didn’t sleep. But it was the coo...
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Mar
24
I recently finished a missiology tome titled, The State of Missiology Today: Global Innovations in Christian Witness. This book presents a series of essays based on Fuller Seminary’s 2015 Missiology Lectures, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the School of Intercultural Studies (SIS). Charles Van Engen, retired SIS professor who taught...
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