Measure by Measure

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I like to think of myself as a musician. I mean, if taking piano lessons for years as a kid and knowing some music theory makes you a musician, I guess it’s true. Knowing how to play a musical instrument is a special gift. Now, years from when I sat down at our little keyboard and plunked out “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”, I can sit down and let out my emotion on a piano, pick a random song I like and learn to play it fairly easily, or even write my own music. It takes a while to get there though. read more

Knowing Before Going

All over the world, at this moment, missionaries are doing many things. Some missionary pilots are flying to remote places, missionary doctors are doing emergency surgery in war-torn countries, some are fearing for their lives as they go to places that are hostile to the message of the Gospel, other missionaries are patiently teaching classrooms of students or explaining the Gospel to an atheist, some persistently work at translating the Word of God into the language of a forgotten jungle tribe, others like me, are working with the many children in the world who are orphaned and forgotten. read more