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Making Disciples

Jim — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:19:22 +0000

For the most part, missionaries want to obey Jesus’ command to make disciples (all right, if they don’t, are they missionaries?). But how is that done? What does it mean? And how can we get outside our own desires and plans and see what Jesus would have us do?

Today, let’s look closer at missionary bloggers who are talking about disciple making – reflections on how they feel it should be done, stories about how it is being done, and even posts about how challenging it can be…

Disciple making and makers (France): Tom Julien just completed a week of teaching at the Château de St. Albain where he expounded on Ephesians 4:11-16. His teaching on maintaining balance in ministry was thought-provoking…
Photos from our "Guns ‘N Roses" Baptism (Canada): Here are a ton of fantastic photos of the baptism taken by Robert David. Unfortunately, you can’t hear the music…
Is Francis Really That Crazy? (Ireland): "Missions" or The Mission? I was reading the final chapter of Luke this morning and was struck once again (Luke 24:45-48) that Jesus’ vision and his commission has always been about…
September 2010 Update (Ukraine): You may have read about record breaking heat waves, forest fires and grain shortages in Russia. Though Ukraine is…
Short Term Missions: A Personal Expereince (Brazil): For years, I have seen people impacted by a short term mission experience. First, while I still lived in the States and then as people have come to visit through the years. Angie Duplaga, a teacher…
Reading with Nathan (Mexico): One of my life goals is to disciple my kids. If you read the Bible, you’ll understand that…
Culture 101 (South Africa): (Leigh Writes) always comes a point in our spiritual journey when our faith in Jesus and our culture reach a disconnect. A point where we have to choose who we are going to follow.For many of the kids we work with…
Do You Need a Bible Degree to be a Long-Term Missionary? (Thailand): Because the need for people to hear the Gospel on the mission field is so urgent, it is sometimes claimed that doing a lot of Biblical studies or earning a degree in Bible is not necessary to be a long-term missionary…
The Feast and the Cross (Uganda): Sort of stuck in Luke 14. A good place to be. After meditating on how we steel ourselves for battle only to find out that the draft letter is really an invitation to a party . . . kept reading and…
Discipleship and Mentoring in a Russian Context (Russia): Karen and I came to Russia with the plan to church plant. Our desire was to plant a church that would reproduce itself and hopefully spark a…

Good Friday Posts from Missionaries

Jim — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:29:13 +0000

Here are a few of the posts about Good Friday from missionaries around the world today…

Acquitted: …and Happy Anniversary!
Amazing Love: Thinking about what we sing. (Costa Rica)
Good Friday and Alcohol: Thoughts on an Irish controversy. (Ireland)
Easter Cookies: A variation on "Forgotten Cookies" to make with the kids over the weekend. (Mexico)
Good Friday: Yes, He was. (Romania)
"Holy Week" 2010: A video – as seen from a car window. (Philippines)
Good Friday: A precious baby gone. (Japan)
How it happened…: Don’t forget… (Romania)
Sent to Coventry: A saying – but what does it mean? A story from the British Civil War. (Niger)
Good Friday: What a church in Uganda is reflecting on today.

5 years!

Jim — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:04:57 +0000

Photo courtesy of light_arted

It’s time to congratulate those who have completed 5 years of blogging! 5 years is still a good old age for a blog – in fact, these blogs are still older than this site (which started in 2005).

I’ve done this in the past, but I’m not sure if I’ll do it again – the more time goes by the more blogs are celebrating! But here it is, at least one more time – Happy Blogoversary!

Adventures With God serving in South Africa
Musings of a Missionary serving in Thailand
The Boyds to Columbia serving in Columbia (their former blog is here)
The Kautz Family serving in Columbia
Itsara serving in Thailand
Always an Adventure… serving in Taiwan
Coxes Quarterly serving in Germany
les Davey de France serving in France
Simplicity serving in Taiwan
Under the acacias serving in Burkina Faso
Life of a Steward serving in the United Kingdom
The Ramblings of Norm and Debra Copeland serving in Guinea/Senegal
Kingsley Clan serving in Ireland
Into Rwanda serving in Rwanda
Ramble Zone serving in Guatemala (AAAHHH! They’re having a baby right now!)
Kurt, Johanna, Kassia and Luke Metzger serving in Papua New Guinea
Reflections of Refinement serving in Japan
garcias2chile serving in Chile
The Roe’s Garden serving in Germany
Nanana serving in Mexico
The Journey serving in the Netherlands
The Naine’s Cameroon Adventure serving in Cameroon

How to Golf in the Desert (and more posts from around the world)

Jim — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:39:29 +0000

Today, just a quick look at various posts from around the world that might interest you.

From Peru, an update of some ministry plans, for those of you who wonder what some missionaries "do".
And more from Peru – how to get water in the desert!
And in Niger – how to golf in the desert. This was fascinating (even for a non-golfer like me).
So what’s the latest news around Ireland? Check out this list of quick facts…
In Haiti – malaria and typhoid fever.
I suppose cold is relative – but it’s gotta be cold in Siberia, Russia, right? Well, anyway, here’s what some missionaries there are up to.

Let's head North!

Jim — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:44:51 +0000

Today we’re going to take a look at some bloggers living in the countries to the north! Some fresh, crisp cool air is just what I need…

Serving in Canada, the Karch family talks about a typical week and a few typical days. (Incidentally, there’s no such thing as “typical” for a missionary)
We can’t leave out those in the Yukon (Canada) – here’s their Mid-summer update
Let’s move around the pole to Russia. What is The Voice of Silence?
How about Siberia, Russia? I love this little slice of real life that Leif and Jami share.
More changed lives in Russia at this wedding picnic!
A good reminder from Kelly (on her new blog! Looks great!) This one is in Norway.
Also in Norway, here’s a great question.
A lot of people blogging about school starting – here’s one from the UK.
A great slice of life from the UK – check out this ad for the summer holidays!
A few goings-on in Ireland in this Miscellaneous Update
And while we’re on miscellaneous, how about some random too (also from Ireland)?

Ireland(s), Scotland and England

Jim — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:53:32 +0000

Yes, we’re bringing in the New Year by visiting Ireland and the UK. Check out these posts and then browse around the blogs for more…

Life of a Steward: Making friends in fun ways – climbing walls and Indian food, and how about these paintings, photographs and sculptures.
Brandon’s Blog: Be sure not to miss this video of someone the team has been serving. Also, some thoughts on the shooting in Colorado.

The Kurtyka Family: Visit one of Glasgow’s poorest areas in a post entitled Poverty, and read about an International Christmas (and Boxing Day).
IRELAND UPDATE: Catching up with old friends, and Christmas in Dublin.
Kingsley Clan: Thoughts on the incarnation as an orthodox event, and some stats about teens online (we’ve gotta have some technical stuff here, right?).

Photo right: The Kingsley family on Christmas Eve, courtesy of mhkingsley.

Missionaries on culture

Jim — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:23:53 +0000

Of course, missionaries are always talking about culture. How to adapt to the culture, what they find different in the culture, weaknesses and strengths in the culture. Usually, it’s not bad – it’s just different, as we always used to tell mission teams that we trained. But we always wrestle with it and try to see it as Jesus does. For your reading pleasure, here is an assortment of some recent culture-related posts:

About Band Aids and diversity – ASOY Assortment
Taboos – do we take them too far? Kalinjin Culture
Drinking in Ireland
An illustration of working together – Each Stone has its Place
The mystery of the tub (that some of you could probably solve) – Sickness, missionary ingenuity and why tubs are scarce in Costa Rica
The thrill of buying baking soda – The Fun Of It All
Reactions to the Da Vinci Code in Pakistan – Fascinating

Dublin riots

Jim — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:42:25 +0000

Some of you may have heard in the news about the riots in Dublin, Ireland this past weekend. I won’t go into all the details, but leave it to those who know the situation better than I. A couple of our missionary families commented on it, and one was on the scene the day after. That would be Matt and Hailey Kingsley at Kingsley Clan. Read their thoughts and links to photos and news in their post Dublin Riots.

Also, visit HUBERnews and read their post Riots in Dublin.

For news stories on the riots, check out the Dublin riots listings from Google News.

Keep praying for Ireland.

Lead up to Christmas

Jim — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:02:12 +0000

It’s that time of year again – many missionaries are stopping by their blogs to apologize for being too busy to blog. In spite of all that, in the lead up to Christmas there have been some very interesting posts. So we’ll celebrate Christmas Eve here at Missionary-Blogs.com by enjoying some posts from around the world. Some are specifically about Christmas, others are prayer requests and other news…

From Asia:
The Joys of Language Learning (Japan)
New Level (Taiwan)

From Africa:
Christmas in Nigeria
Christmas in Cameroon
My Least Favorite Thing: Evangelize a New Village (Benin)

From Europe:
Did you know this about France?
¿Dónde está el Hospital? (Ireland)
Christmas across Europe (from France, but photos from all over)

From North America:
God at Work in People’s Hearts (Mexico)