The Importance of the Whole Story
I shared once before about a pastor’s wife who was doing abortions as a way to show God’s love to her community. Despite the many church-based trainings that she had been to, she had no idea that what she was [...]
Preparing the Church for the First Generation Christian
My friend Geeta is a first generation Christian. She grew up in a Hindu family—her father was a conservative Hindu—and discovered Christianity later in life. First generation Christian, convert, people from other faiths, Hindu/Muslim background— there are many ways to [...]
Those Who Inspire Us: TCT Partners in Southeast Asia
How do you reach an unreached people group? There’s lots of deep thinkers creating deep thoughts on the topic. But what happens when the people that are reaching out to the unreached people group haven’t had the opportunity of training [...]
Snacks, Security tags and Sams Club: My Journey with a Refugee Family
We met Palash, Dawa and their family through Lutheran Social Services in November of 2014. They came to the US after having lived in a Nepali refugee camp for over 20 years. Their son Gopal was born there and Dawa [...]
An Inspiring Example of Cross-Cultural Relationships
Six ethnic groups. Four countries. The Wholistic Development Center (WDC) is full of diversity. Any day on campus you can hear conversations in a variety of languages. All of this diversity leads to amazing opportunities for cross-cultural evangelism while also [...]
Some of My Best Friends are Muslim
Last February, I shared a story about meeting our Muslim neighbors on a sweltering day in August. I’m not sure how this happened, but it is August again. It’s been a whole year since God injected love for my neighbors [...]
Understanding Worldview is Like Selling Forks
Imagine with me for a moment that you were in the business of selling forks. (It’s kind of a crazy analogy but just bear with me) Your work takes you to a country called India where you have heard people [...]
Evangelizing Cross-Culturally
I remember somebody once said, “Either you do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 will happen to you”, I find this statement funny and yet there is some truth in it. Either “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has [...]