Apprentice 2 Jesus

Missions

  • Seven Days to Ethiopia

    I am leaving for Ethiopia in a week. A prayer I’ve had for two years is coming to its next step in seven days. It’s only a next step.  The two week trip will be a teaching assignment at Addis Bible College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. But this is also a prayer trip. Two years… Read more

  • Africa is really calling!

    He was fully convinced that God was able to do what he promised. (Rom. 4:21, CEB) It is now down to less that 30 days for my trip to Ethiopia. There is more about the dream HERE.  It has been about two years since the Lord spoke several things to my heart about the years… Read more

  • Why we must Live Dead in prayer

    “The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, he mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.” — Samuel Chadwick   Read more

  • Living Dead isn’t just for young adults

    I was in a pastors meeting today being introduced to a missionary with an incredible story. He and his wife are giving their lives to missions work in Asia. Both were previously married, their children are adults, they weren’t saved until just a few years ago, but in that time they kept in motion when… Read more

  • Are you happy to suffer for others?

    When it comes to thinking of others, we might do well. But to suffer for others? And be happy about it? What planet are you from?  Now I’m happy to be suffering for you. I’m completing what is missing from Christ’s sufferings with my own body. I’m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church.… Read more

  • The Church in Egypt

    Events in Egypt, or anywhere outside the U.S., so often go unnoticed by us. What is under-reported most of the time is how Christians are treated. So, I was totally shocked to see THIS STORY on the front of the New York Times page this afternoon! Read these shocking paragraphs slowly, and pray! CAIRO — The military’s… Read more

  • The Beauty and Ugliness of Cities

    In our trip to the Tenderloin in San Francisco, the beauty and ugliness of a city hits you in the face quickly. Living in Minneapolis, I realize this as well. Every city has its “gorgeous” side that shows up on TV during “game day.” New Orleans is like this. TV crews at the Super Bowl… Read more

  • San Francisco, the Tenderloin, and the Supreme Court

    We were in San Francisco the same week as the Supreme Court made two key rulings on gay marriage. Several people set me texts or messages asking how things were going in light of that decision. Some of the messages I didn’t get for a little while because we had lousy cell reception in the… Read more

  • Scariest Thought About the Tenderloin

    As we leave San Francisco, we have joy in our hearts. God is doing such an amazing work in the Tenderloin district through wonderful ministries like City Impact. Here is the scariest thought, though. What would this place look like WITHOUT the salt and light of the Church? It’s rough now. It’s a bit scary… Read more

  • Garbage

    Every city has its garbage dump. They have a place where they want to sweep most of their problems and how it stays mostly in that area. My city has it. San Francisco had it. Every city has a place they hope to contain their problems. Read more