Month: March 2018

Writing Tracker – Week 9 (Feb. 25 – March 3)

Writers write. That’s the bottom line. For this week, I’m making a switch. I’m publishing my Writing Tracker on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. There are two reasons. First, it makes more sense because it’s closer...

/ March 6, 2018

Refuge and Refugees in Church History

The Bible is a book from and for refugees. The Israelites were not at home in Egypt or Canaan. The Church of Acts suffered the persecution of kings as today it suffers that of caliphs....

/ March 5, 2018

Release of ‘Strategic City: Istanbul City Guide’

At the beginning of 2017, a few of us from Park Community Church were asked to develop a Strategic City Guide for the International Mission Board. The chosen city was Istanbul. I’m pleased to say...

/ March 2, 2018

Is Disappointment the Underlying Emotion of Our Culture?

Walker Percy wrote “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book” in 1983. At the time, he made the observation that the primary emotion experienced among “adult Northeastern Americans” was disappointment. He explains that the...

/ March 1, 2018