September 11, 2025 The Four Essential Activities of Local Church Life Cross-cultural church planters know that they must use the New Testament as their guide... Read More Forrest McPhail
July 17, 2025 Recognizing Our Christian Cultural Bias All Christians have a local church culture they most understand and enjoy. But it is... Read More Forrest McPhail
December 05, 2024 Time Zoned: Life in the Eastern Hemisphere One of my favorite ways to help Sunday school children grasp the location of our country... Read More Jennifer McPhail
June 27, 2024 Finding Open Doors in a Closed Country How does one reach people for Christ in a country that issues no missionary visas, has... Read More Anonymous
May 25, 2023 Advantages Call Us to Action A black scorpion the size of my hand was by our feet. A puffer adder was spotted by the... Read More Bill Knipe
March 30, 2023 I'm a Foreigner: Embracing Culture Shock Culture shock survival has as much to do with how we think about ourselves as it does with... Read More Anonymous
November 25, 2021 Essentials for Improving Cross-Cultural Evangelism Yesterday I met another neighborhood family. They live near the local grocery store. The... Read More Brian Bollon
April 22, 2021 A Yankee in the Hapsburg Court For an American to have a ministry of grace in a foreign country, he needs himself to be... Read More Stan Shelton
April 15, 2021 How Not to be an "Ugly American" It’s “one of those days” in a Southeast Asian airport. The rush of... Read More Joel Arnold
December 17, 2020 More than Bullet Points and Checkboxes We dare not reduce the richness of Jesus’ ministry and the entire New Testament to a mere... Read More Joel Arnold
November 25, 2020 Not All Quarantines Are Created Equal Lacking an existing script for how to handle quarantines, societies have defaulted to... Read More
November 19, 2020 Loosening My Grip I was a small-town girl happily serving in a quiet, country church with my family, and... Read More Jennifer McPhail