Now go, and remember that I am sending you… (Luke 10:3) Greetings from Kent! We’re in the middle of the most exhilarating and exhausting season of the year. Kent State University students are already halfway through their fourth week of … Continue reading
It’s the second day of Kent State University’s Fall Semester, and I am zapped. There’s been a lot of good stuff happening on the ministry level, but it’s like my lungs are heaving for oxygen, hands on my knees, and … Continue reading
International student enrollment at Kent used to number in the thousands, back in the early- to mid-2010s. Then, in the late-2010s and early-2020s, international student enrollment declined sharply, to the point that they were numbered in the dozens. In the … Continue reading
It was a rainy Tuesday evening, and the campus was quiet. We had initially planned on making new connections through playing sports and using sidewalk chalk to promote our worship gathering on campus, but the weather didn’t cooperate with that … Continue reading
We ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored, wherever it goes. (2 Thessalonians 3:1) Greetings from Kent! How has your summer been? Our schedule is getting a lot more full … Continue reading
I started translating the Good News According to Mark (also known as the Gospel of Mark), in August 2021. In mid-November 2022, I started transferring everything from my journals to the computer — typing it out and making minor edits … Continue reading
I got my love of languages from my Dad. He formally studied Greek and Hebrew during his seminary days, but I also grew up seeing him dabble in Spanish and French and Latin. Not to mention having a strong command … Continue reading
I can’t remember the last time I read a whole book in a single day. Yet here I am: 3:58 in the afternoon, all 360 (small) pages of Douglas Coupland’s Life After God finished, consumed, digested. And I feel wired, … Continue reading
I just finished two days of meetings with some of our longest-standing, most-generous, and most-meaningful ministry partners. My mission agency calls this “Cultivation,” as a subset of “Ministry Team Development” — and this seems like an apt metaphor to me, … Continue reading
You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others. (2 Timothy 2:2) Greetings from Kent! Are you doing … Continue reading