he said they’d found a brothel on the dig he did last night I asked him how they know he sighed: a pit of babies’ bones a pit of newborn babies’ bones…
The Value of the Vulnerable
October 5, 2023
From the Vault
Get Fat, Part Two
June 19, 2023
In my last blog I discussed Christian meditation as a practice that helps us win the battle over our minds. It is, in Thomas Brooks’ words, “a soul-fattening duty.” For part two,…
Get Fat, Part One
May 25, 2023
Our staff recently finished reading True Devotion: In Search of Authentic Spirituality by Allan Chapple. It is an insightful and practical book that describes devotional practices in the Reformed and Puritan tradition,…
Find Your Ometepec
March 16, 2023
It is Thursday afternoon as I write this, so I have had several nights of normal sleep after returning from Mexico, without the benefit of two other men in my room who…
Prepare the Flock or Promote the Gospel?
August 4, 2022
I have been turning a question over and over in my mind this year that was sparked by an elder discussion in February (although the discussion wasn’t quite framed this way). The…
Applying NAPC’s Vision in Africa
June 21, 2022
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of…