Just Your Average Revolutionary
As some of you know, I’m a huge P.O.D. fan, and they’ve released another music video today.
Life is beautiful, and we want to see where you’re finding beauty in your lives! We’ll be compiling your photos to create a fan video in a few weeks too, so submit a photo to get in the video!
Sunday morning after our home church service, Shaun approached me and asked if I could help the person he was evidently talking to. He was talking to a middle-aged woman along with a young woman I presumed to be her daughter or a close relative of some kind. It was quickly explained to me that this woman, a neighbour of ours I'm not sure I had ever seen come to any of our meetings before, had a son who needed help with his English homework.
I wasn't sure if this meant "Since you speak English, [Continue reading...]
Last Friday in our leaders huddle, our team leader Mark Burgess said something in passing that I've been giving thought to. He mentioned how a lot of people from outside, such as visitors or people who are friends of ours on Facebook think what we're doing down here is awesome.
This encouraged me, and not just because it's nice to hear people say things to confirm what I already think. Rather because I was getting discouraged at what I have sometimes struggled with thinking was a lot of investment [Continue reading...]
I had an experience a few weeks ago that has had me thinking about this very question. It was not the first time in my life someone told me I was a hypocrite of a Christian, and I bet it certainly won't be the last time, despite my best efforts.
In order to prepare for the civil ceremony that coincided with the religious ceremony for my wedding last month, I had to jump through a lot of hoops and obtain a lot of paper work for the municipality of Chorrillos, outside of Peru's capital of Lima where [Continue reading...]
I've recently been reading Jamie The Very Worst Missionary's blog for about a year or maybe longer. I almost never regret reading a post, despite the fact that when I share some of her posts on social media, people tell me they don't appreciate the language she uses. That's understandable, but neither here nor there for me.
I think one reason I appreciate her blog is because she's got bigger balls than I do. I don't write any of my posts intentionally trying to ruffle feathers, but I do seldom [Continue reading...]
This is my first official blog entry that I've written as a married man. Not that that changes the content of my blog much. At least, not just yet. But I couldn't help but write a quick thank-you note type of entry detailing a few of the unexpected occurrences that happened in the weeks leading up to May 11th.
If you're on my personal e-mailing list or follow me on social media, especially Facebook, you'll have known that my wedding came and went in the last few weeks. Lili and I successfully [Continue reading...]
The following may or may not be true about Steve: he once killed a kangaroo by staring at it until it had a heart attack.
