January 28, 2012

Of Stalin, Church Leaders and Revolution

How do we disconnect the church from "Stalin-like" leadership to a "Christ-like" laying down of our lives? Beginning with repentance ...

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The Discipline of Death

The way of the Cross is the way of doing mission. Always.

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Painting Smoke: The Cross-Cultural Learning Curve

More thoughts on the issues involved with cross-cultural ministry. This time, written from a train in the middle of the Gobi Desert...

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Teaching Parrots to Talk (Thoughts on Cross-Cultural Discipleship)

Discipleship must be more than "Imitation".

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The Real Meaning of “Cosmic Powers”: Thoughts from Leadership Camp

How a meeting that almost wasn't made us all late to lunch ... and turned out to be one of the most powerful prayer times I've ever experienced

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Painting Smoke: The Cross-Cultural Learning Curve

I have the following conversation with random Mongolians at least once a day: Random Mongolian: “How long have you been in Mongolia?” Me: “Working on five years now” RM: “Oh really? You speak Mongolian so well” Me: “Thanks … some days are better than others” The “Me” inside of my head: “I hope I properly [...]

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Friday Photos: Travels and Students

I try to have the weekly “Friday Photos” feature of RememberMongolia.org have some relation to the week that just passed.  This week that’s a bit problematic because there were two somewhat interesting things which took place that warrant a picture. 1. I (Bernie) made a trip by train to the Chinese town of Zamyn-Uud to [...]

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Friday Photo: No Car Saturday!

This week’s photo was actually taken today (Saturday).  Every so often Ulaanbaatar shuts down the streets for “No-Car Day”.  It’s a bit of a pain if you have to drive anywhere (just ask Renee’ and the short-term team from Hawaii who tried to go to the market today). The streets are full of Mongolians who [...]

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October Prayer Letter

The October newsletter is here and ready to download! You may download a regular copy to read on your computer, or you may download a hi-resolution copy to print and distribute at your church or prayer group. Please download and freely distribute! Thanks for your prayers and support!