Jon and I are currently reading Marketplace Christianity by Bob Fraser. I can’t remember the last time I read a book that has impacted me the way this book has. I bought 30 copies to give away to friends and family - something I’ve never done before.
I think that every person who professes to follow [...]
Archive for March, 2007
It’s growing more and more apparent that we have too much stuff! Last weekend Jon and I set out to clean the house because we were expecting company over later in the week. What should be our dining room is currently serving as Jon’s office/media storage/gathering place for boxes we haven’t gone through yet. We [...]
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2007
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Gandhi
Published by 3 years, 4 months ago in Business as Mission, India and Wisdom. 0 CommentsJonny Baker recently posted some quotes from E. Stanley Jones’ Gandhi: Portrayal of a Friend:
E. Stanley Jones: “How can we make Christianity naturalized in India so that it shall no longer be a foreign thing identified with a foreign people and a foreign government, but a part of the national life of India and contributing [...]
Mar
2007
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Preview Trip Observations
Published by 3 years, 4 months ago in Business as Mission and India. 0 CommentsDue to the limited time that we had online in India, we really didn’t get much of an opportunity to blog about our experiences. Before too much time passes, I want to chronicle some of the observations we had on the trip.
As Jon mentioned in an earlier post, we were focusing our time between two [...]
Mar
2007
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Recognizing God’s Call on Your Life
Published by 3 years, 4 months ago in Business as Mission and India. 0 CommentsOne of the things that I have learned along the way of our Business as Mission journey is that there is no higher calling than the calling that God has placed on your life…whether it’s a calling to ministry, business, teaching, education, medicine, stay-at-home parent - the list could go on.
I grew up believing that [...]
Mar
2007
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Reverse Culture Shock
Published by 3 years, 4 months ago in Business as Mission. 0 CommentsIt’s amazing how long it can take to adjust back to your home culture after being away. Sure, I went to Europe for 3 weeks, but that’s not that different from the Midwest, so I didn’t experience much reverse culture shock.
This time, however, it was much more pronounced and I’m still feeling it.
Some observations on [...]
Mar
2007
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Life: Returning to normal, but not quite there yet
Published by 3 years, 4 months ago in Business as Mission. 0 CommentsI think I’m finally over jet-lag. 12 hours time difference makes for a pretty radical adjustment- your sleep cycle is totally opposite from normal.
We were there just long enough to get adjusted to Indian time, which made re-entry all that much more brutal.
Our stomachs are returning to normal, but not quite 100% yet. Those stomach [...]
