Okay, I realize this may not make the headlines in the United States, but it’s big news for American peanut butter fans living in the UK! For decades, American ex-pats have experienced a famine of certain “comfort foods” when living abroad; and our British friends look with horror when we talk about eating peanut butter [...]
This morning my wife and I drove into Cardiff for my doctor’s appointment at the University of Wales Hospital. After waiting an hour past my appointment time, I was a little cranky from the pain: a large cyst in my jaw was found nearly a month ago when my local dentist could not find anything [...]
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Posted 28 July 2008
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Christian life § Daily Scribe § Missions § Personal
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Also tagged: asylum seekers, Christianity, doctor's appointment, missional life, missional living, Muslim, National Health Service, NHS, postmodernity, UK, waiting room
[See previous article, "Short-term missions in a post-modern culture" in this series on missions.]
Apart from short-term mission teams (STMT) parachuting into a foreign mission field for seven to ten days, what are the alternatives for Christians who want to explore other cultures and employ their gifts in service to our King? Shouldn’t we demystify “missionary [...]
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Posted 10 April 2008
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Christian life § Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Great Commission § Missions § North America § United Kingdom § Wales
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Also tagged: America, cross-cultural missions, foreign missions, Great Commission, making disciples, missionary service, reaching the marginalized, short term missions, short-term mission team, Wales, why go overseas
Living in the United Kingdom for the past four years has been a wonderful experience, but I love Southern-style foods and I especially miss Southern breakfast fare! So with the proverbial American “can do” attitude, I thought to myself, “How hard can this be?”
One of my latest cravings has been “Jimmy Dean Sausage,” the original [...]
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Posted 12 December 2007
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Daily Scribe § Personal § Recipes
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Also tagged: biscuits and gravy, breakfast sausage, buttermilk biscuits, copycat recipe, culture shock, Jimmy Dean Sausage, slap your granny, Southern Boy, Southern cooking, southern fried breakfast, Southern recipe, UK, Wales
I am a citizen of the United States of America, having spent the past three Thanksgiving holidays across the Atlantic in the small principality of Wales. One great thing about life in the United Kingdom: I get a five to eight hour start on celebrating American holidays! By the time most of my family and [...]
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Posted 22 November 2007
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Also tagged: American, giving thanks, Happy Thanksgiving, I am thankful, missionary life, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, UK, United States of America, USA, Vietnam veteran, Wales
Is it possible that we have learned to enjoy Aunt Jemima’s imitation recipe—with all its artificial additives and preservatives—so much that we turn up our noses at the real thing? I’m speaking now with regard to the kingdom of God. Like the disciples, are we bringing certain pre-conceived expectations about “what ought to be”—concerning God, the church, the Christian life, and Gospel ministry—rather than comparing our expectations to the realities God has already revealed in His Word.
