More than a few mission supporters overestimate the spirituality of the missionaries they support. In the minds of some, missionaries are the super-elite frontline troops in the advance of the [...]

If you ride a motorcycle often, you get used to this question: “Have you ever had to ‘lay it down’”? Invariably the seasoned biker has had at least one occasion where he or she has had to [...]

Our first few months at Walailak University has mainly been to build relationships and establish a presence on campus. One of the ways that we have been able to do this is through meeting the [...]

Yesterday afternoon I wearily set off to visit Yow, a friend of mine who has cancer and has been diagnosed as terminal. She has been in hospital for over a month, she is in a fair amount of pain [...]

The countries of Asia, as a part of the majority world which are mainly preferred oral learners, receive the Easter message very well when it comes in the form of concrete relational [...]

You know it’s hot season in Thailand when … 1. You are happy to go to immigration because it means a morning of sitting in air conditioning. 2. An hour after being washed, laundry is dry — [...]

I am writing this on April 1st (April Fools), a day famous for hijinx and general tomfoolery in the west. But in Thailand it is a serious day to reflect on King Rama V (Chulalongkorn) who on [...]

Last week, my schedule was all blown to pieces. My wife, Belinda, was away on a training course. I was home with my youngest son, Steven. I would be the super-dad, up at 5 am each morning to get [...]

I don’t know if you’ve come across one of The Bible Project videos, but they are fantastic. The two creators, Timothy Mackie and Jonathan Collins wanted “to help people read [...]

How do you tell the dentist that one of your molars hurts? How do you say you would rather order 1 kilogram of chicken than 2? How do you ask where the bathroom is? These are all relatively [...]